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Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, 1867-1869 : a machine readable transcription.
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JOURNAL
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OF THE
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EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS
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OF THE
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SENATE
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OF THE
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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FROM DECEMBER 2, 1867, TO MARCH 3, 1869, INCLUSIVE.
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<p>
VOL. XVI.
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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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WASHINGTON:
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
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1887.
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In Executive Session, Senate of the United States
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,
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June
</hi>
 28, 1886.
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<p>
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Resolved
</hi>
, That the entire Executive Journal of the Senate, from the 23d February, 1829, the date to which the said proceedings have already been printed and published by order of the Senate, be printed, to the end of the last session of the Fortieth Congress, under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, with a copious and comprehensive index to each volume, and that one hundred copies thereof be printed.
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<p>
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Resolved
</hi>
, That until the further order of the Senate the said print shall not be made public.
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<p>
Attest:
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ANSON G. McCOOK,
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Secretary
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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES
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SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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[Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing December 2, 1867.]
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<head>
WEDNESDAY, 
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December
</hi>
 4, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712040">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John E. Mulford to be collector of internal revenue for the 3d district of Virginia, he having been designated during the recess of the Senate to perform the duties of that office, in place of William James, suspended for misconduct in office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
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Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edward T. Wood to be collector of internal revenue for the 3d district of New York, he having been designated during the recess of the Senate to perform the duties of that office, in place of T. C. Callicott, suspended for misconduct in office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
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Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I hereby nominate John G. Bond, first lieutenant in Revenue Cutter Service, to be captain in said service.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
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December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I hereby nominate Frank Burr, first lieutenant in Revenue Cutter Service, to be captain in said service.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
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December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I hereby nominate for officers of the Revenue Cutter Service, the following persons, namely:
<list type="simple">
<item><list type="simple"><head>For chief engineer.
</head><item><p>Levi Coit, promoted from first assistant engineer, vice George W. Jones, deceased.
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<item><list type="simple"><head>For first lieutenants.
</head><item><p>George W. Bailey, promoted from second lieutenant, to be first lieutenant, vice Henry H. Andrews, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Charles A. Abbey, promoted from second lieutenant, to be first lieutenant, vice Edward S. Dickinson, deceased.
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<p>
The following third lieutenants to be promoted to second lieutunants viz:
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<item><p>Joseph K. Kelson, vice George Riley, deceased.
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<item><p>Frederick M. Munger, vice Jas. C. Hanson, resigned.
</p></item>
<item><p>M. Grant Woodward, vice G. W. Bailey, promoted.
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<item><p>Henry L. Bennet, vice C. A. Abbey, promoted.
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To be third lieutenants, viz:
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(New appointments.)
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<item><p>Walter Walton, vice I. K. Kelson, promoted.
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<item><p>Win. C. Coulson, vice T. M. Munger, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Richard Canfield, vice M. G. Woodward, promoted.
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
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December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Lemuel D. Evans to be collector of internal revenue for the 4th district of Texas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of D. B. Bonfoey, deceased.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
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December
</hi>
 2, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Jacob Carmany to be assessor of internal revenue for the 10th district of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the second session of the 39th Congress.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 4, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate David M. Mills to be assessor of internal revenue for the district of Dakota Territory, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of E. C. Collins, resigned.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
December 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate J. Warren Bell to be collector of customs for the district of Brazes de Santiago, in the State of Texas, in place of R. L. Robertson, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
December 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James W. Hancock to be collector of customs for the district of Saluria, in the State of Texas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Charles Taylor, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
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December 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John J. Godfrey to be collector of customs for the district of St. Mary&apos;s, in the State of Georgia, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of John J. Rudolph, resigned.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
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December 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Oscar Minor to be collector of customs for the district of Texas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Lorenzo Kent, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William I. Clark to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Say brook, in the State of Connecticut, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Giles Blague, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edmund Cooper to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in place of William E. Chandler, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John S. Walton to be treasurer of the branch mint at New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, he having been designated during the recess of the Senate to perform the duties of that office, in place of Wm. R. Whitaker, suspended. (The papers relating to the suspension of Mr. Whitaker were transmitted to the Senate with the nomination of Mr. Walton as assistant treasurer at New Orleans, July 13, 1867.)
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Noah L. Jeffries to be Register of the Treasury, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of S. B. Colby, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec. 2d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate First Lieutenant William J. Squires to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 29th of August, 1867, vice Captain William H. Hale, deceased.
</p>
<p>
Second Lieutenant Israel H. Washburn to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 29th of August, 1867, vice First Lieutenant William J. Squires, nominated for promotion.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington City
</hi>
, 2 
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December
</hi>
, 1867.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Passed Assistant Surgeon Adolph A. Hoehling to be surgeon in the Navy, from the 2d of October, 1867, vice Surgeon Henry F. McSherry, deceased;
</p>
<p>
William S. Bowen, of Rhode Island, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 22d of July, 1867, to fill a vacancy;
</p>
<p>
Adam Frank, of Pennsylvania, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 26th September, 1867, to fill a vacancy; and
</p>
<p>
Alfred Griffith, of Maryland, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 16th October, 1867, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington City
</hi>
, 2
<hi rend="italics">
d December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Assistant Paymaster Joseph Tuster to be a passed assistant paymaster in the Navy, from the 10th May, 1867, vice Passed Assistant Paymaster F. C. Imlay, whose appointment has been revoked; and
</p>
<p>
Assistant Paymaster Edward N. Whitehouse to be a passed assistant paymaster in the Navy, from the 6th of September, 1867, vice Passed Assistant Paymaster J. W. Fairfield, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington City
</hi>
, 2
<hi rend="italics">
d December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Captain Theodore P. Green to be a commodore in the Navy on the active list, from the 24 July, 1867, vice Commodore T. A. Hunt, transferred to the retired list;
</p>
<p>
Commodore Egbert Thompson to be a captain in the Navy on the active list, from the 24 July, 1867, vice Captain T. P. Greene, nominated for promotion;
</p>
<p>
Lieutenant-Commander Francis H. Baker to be a commander in the Navy on the active list, from the 24th July, 1867, vice Commander E. Thompson, nominated for promotion; and
</p>
<p>
Lieutenant-Commander Austin Pendergrast to be a commander in the Navy on the active list, from the 31st of August, 1867, vice Commander George W. Young, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 2
<hi rend="italics">
d December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edwin J. Klopfer, John C. Cox, and John H. Goddard to be justices of the peace in and for the county of Washington, District of Columbia.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec&apos;r
</hi>
 4, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit for consideration, with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and His Majesty, the King of Denmark, stipulating for the cession of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, in the West Indies.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit for consideration, with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States and the Republic of Nicaragua, signed at the city of Managua on the 21st day of June last. This instrument has been framed pursuant to the amendments of the Senate of the United States to the previous treaty between the parties of the 16th of March, 1859.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 3
<hi rend="italics">
d December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of John E. Mulford, Edward T. Wood, Lemuel D. Evans, Jacob Carmany, David M. Mills, Edward Cooper, John S. Walton, and Noah L. Jeffries be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of John G. Bond, Frank Burr, Levi Colt and others, J. Warren Bell, James W. Hancock, John J. Godfrey, Oscar Minor, and William J. Clark be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of William J. Squires, Israel H. Washburn, Adolph A. Hoehling and others, Joseph Foster, Edward N. Whitehouse, and Theodore P. Green and others, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Edwin J. Klopfer, John C. Cox, and John H. Goddard be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
</p>
<p>
The treaty between the United States and His Majesty the King of Denmark, stipulating for the cession of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, in the West Indies, was read the first time.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Sumner,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said treaty be referred to the Committe on Foreign Relations and, together with the message, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
The treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States and the Republic of Nicaragua, signed at Managua on the 21st June, 1868, was read the first time.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Sumner,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said treaty be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and, together with the message, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
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<div id="s186712060">
<head>
FRIDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
December
</hi>
 6, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712060">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
Mr. Cattell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 4th of March, inst., the nomination of Jacob Carmany, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of John S. Walton, reported favorably thereon,
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of J. Warren Bell, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
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<div id="s186712090">
<head>
MONDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
December
</hi>
 9, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712090">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Francis W. Boyle to be assessor of internal revenue for the 12th district of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
December 5th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Daniel Dennett to be collector of customs for the district of Teche, in the State of Louisiana, to fill a vacancy existing since the war.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec. 4th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William L. Stanford to be local appraiser of merchandise for the port of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to fill a vacancy existing since the end of the second session 39th Congress.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec&apos;r 4th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Michael C. Duffiey, of California, to be register of the land office at Marysville, California, vice Leonard B. Ayer, rejected.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
December 7th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James Lynch, Michael P. Callan, and E. L. Corbin to be justices of the peace in and for the county of Washington, District of Columbia.
<hsep>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
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December
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 6, 1867.
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<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate for appointment into the Navy of the United States the following-named officers from the Volunteer service, they having been examined with others by a board of officers, convened under authority of an act of Congress, approved July 25, 1866, and by said board found to be &ldquo;the most meritorious in character, ability, professional competency, and honorable service,&rdquo; the officers so appointed to take rank from the 25th of July, 1866, the date of the passage of the act, and to rank next after officers of the Regular Navy of same date, and in the order herein named:
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<item><p>To be lieutenants.
<hsep>Present or late rank.
</p></item>
<item><p>N. Mayo Dyer
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>F. M. Green
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward Hooker
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant-commander.
</p></item>
<item><p>H. H. Gorring
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>A. W. Muldaur
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Joseph S. Cony
<hsep>Late acting master
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles O&apos;Neil
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
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<item><p>To be masters.
<hsep>Present or late rank.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward S. Keyser
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas Nelson
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>De Witt C. Kells
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Felix McCurley
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>John McGowan
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>G. C. Schulze
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>E. H. Miller
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry C. Nields
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas F. Wade
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. G. Green
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>George E. Wingate
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>George R. Durand
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles A. Schetky
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>John K. Winn
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas M. Gardner
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles H. Rockwell
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>C. M. Anthony
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p><anchor id="n0009-01">&ast;
</anchor><note anchor.ids="n0009-01" place="bottom"><p>&ast; Nominated in pursuance of the last clause of the 3d section of the act, his position in his grade to be determined upon examination after his return to the United States.
</p></note> George F. Wilkins
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
</list>
<list type="simple">
<item><p>To be ensigns.
<hsep>Present or late rank.
</p></item>
<item><p>H. M. Grinnell
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>N. B. Willetts
<hsep>Late acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Gilbert Morton
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. P. Randall
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. J. Brice
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Fred. Aug. Miller
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>W. H. Mayer
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>O. W. Farenholt
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>A. J. Iverson
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. F. Buck
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Joseph Marthen
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>E. F. Strong
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>W. J. Dumont
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>W. H. Brice
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>W. H. Webb
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>C. S. Coy
<hsep>Late acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ezra Leonard
<hsep>Acting Volunteer lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>C. G. McRitchie
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Zeta L. Tanner
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Joseph E. Jones
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. Welch
<hsep>Mate.
</p></item>
<item><p>Samuel Belden
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. H. Simpson
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry R. Baker
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>EuGene W. Watson
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>John F. Merry
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>W. W. Rhoades
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>John C. Morong
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. C. Gibson
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. B. Arrants
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
<item><p>Walter Sargent
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>James A. Chesley
<hsep>Acting ensign.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. A. Morgan
<hsep>Acting master.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wm. L. Howorth
<hsep>Do.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
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, 
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December
</hi>
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<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for promotion in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for regular promotion in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<item><list type="simple"><head>Medical Department.
</head><item><p>Assistant Surgeon Abel F. Mechem to be surgeon, June 16, 1867, vice Abbott, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Assistant Surgeon Dallas Bache to be surgeon, August 5, 1867, vice Taylor, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Assistant Surgeon Blencowe E. Fryer to be surgeon, October 30, 1867, vice Getty, deceased.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Corps of Engineers.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas Turtle to be first lieutenant, August 13, 1868, vice Hezlep, deceased.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>First Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant James Pike to be first lieutenant, September 27, 1867, vice Madigan, deceased. (Since deceased.)
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Washington J. Henderson to be first lieutenant, October 14, 1867, vice Pike, deceased.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Second Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant James Cahill to be captain, November 1, 1867, vice Gordon, promoted to the Fourth Cavalry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Ely S. Parker to be first lieutenant June 1, 1867, vice Allen, the regimental commissary.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Frank C. Granger to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Cahill, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Third Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant James A. Clifford to be first lieutenant, January 22, 1867, vice Carroll, appointed captain in the Ninth Cavalry.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Captain George C. Cram, of the Sixth Regiment of Cavalry, to be major, October 12, 1867, vice Johnson, retired.
</p></item><item><p>Captain George A. Gordon, of the Second Regiment of Cavalry, to be major, November 1, 1867, vice Chamblis, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant John Lee to be captain, July 31, 1867, vice Hedges, resigned.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>First Lieutenant Joseph Rendlebrook to be captain, August 13, 1867, vice Kelly, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Edwin J. Conway to be captain, August 16, 1867, vice Long, retired.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Bird L. Fletcher to be captain, August 25, 1867, vice Thompson, promoted to the Seventh Cavalry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant David A. Irwin to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Lee, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Will I. Moberley to be first lieutenant, August 16, 1867, vice Conway, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James B. Cole to be first lieutenant, August 25, 1867, vice Fletcher, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William H. Hick to be first lieutenant, September 2, 1867, vice Barnhart, dismissed.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant James Hastings to be captain, August 11, 1867, vice Owens, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Robert Sweatman to be captain, November 4, 1867, vice Harrison, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles B. Brady to be first lieutenant, August 11, 1867, vice Hastings, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Calbraith P. Rodgers to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Ruggles, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Sixth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Tullins P. Tupper to be captain, September 17, 1867, vice Spangler, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Adna R. Chaffee to be captain, October 12, 1867, vice Cram, promoted to the Fourth Cavalry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry B. Mellen to be first lieutenant, January 22, 1867, vice Bennett, appointed captain in the Seventh Infantry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles H. Campbell to be first lieutenant May 7, 1867, vice Wood, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Harper, jr., to be first lieutenant, May 10, 1867, vice Madden, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Harry E. Scott to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1867, vice Irwin, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James F. Hill to be first lieutenant, September 17, 1867, vice Tupper, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Seventh Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Captain John A. Thompson, of the Fourth Regiment of Cavalry, to be major, August 25, 1867, vice Albert, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Lee P. Gillett to be captain, June 8, 1867, vice Robeson, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry J. Nowlan to be first lieutenant, December 3, 1866, vice Custer, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry H. Abell to be first lieutenant, February 21, 1867, vice Moylan, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Brewster to be first lieutenant, February 24, 1867, vice Wier, the regimental commissary.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James M. Bell to be first lieutenant, April 2, 1867, vice Fairley, deceased.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>Second Lieutenant David W. Wallingford to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1867, vice Gillette, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John M. Johnson to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Nowlan, the regimental commissary.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Eighth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant William McCleave to be first lieutenant, March 6, 1867, vice Hooker, appointed captain in the Ninth Cavalry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Augustus W. Starr to be first lieutenant, June 10, 1867, vice Horbart, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Mortimer M. Wheeler to be first lieutenant, August 26, 1867, vice Kauffman, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Jonathan D. Stevenson to be first lieutenant, August 26, 1867, vice Oliver, the regimental commissary.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Robert Carrick to be first lieutenant, October 9, 1867, vice Chamberlin, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Ninth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant James G. Birney to be firs lieutenant, April 14, 1867, vice Griffin, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant J. Lee Humfreville to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Blackaller, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Francis Moore to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Humfreville, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Frederick W. Smith to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Moore, the regimental commissary.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Louis H. Rucker to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice De Gress, appointed captain.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Byron Dawson to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Boice, appointed captain.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John S. Loud to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Dodge, appointed captain.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Patrick Cusack to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Heyl, appointed captain.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Tenth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant George W. Graham to be captain, May 29, 1867, vice Taylor, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Nicholas D. Badger to be first lieutenant, May 29, 1867, vice Graham promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Spencer to be first lieutenant, June 1, 1867, vice Alvord, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant George F. Raulston to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Gray, appointed captain.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>First Regiment of Artillery.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant William L. Haskin to be captain, October 15, 1867, vice Kilpatrick, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Edmund K. Russell, to be first lieutenant, August 28, 1867, vice Von Michalowski, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Lowell A. Chamberlin, to be first lieutenant, October 15, 1867, vice Haskin, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
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<item><list type="simple"><head>Third Regiment of Artillery.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant William D. Fuller to be captain, November 1, 1867, vice Kip, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fifth Regiment of Artillery.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Thompson P. McElrath to be captain, September 24, 1867, vice Stone, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Frank Thorp to be first lieutenant, June 6, 1867, vice Barstow, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William J. Patterson to be first lieutenant, September 28, 1867, vice Gordon, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Elbridge R. Hills to be first lieutenant, October 1, 1867, vice Beck, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>First Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant John Cusack to be captain, September 18, 1867,vice Green, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Francis E. Pierce to be first lieutenant, September 9, 1867, vice Spalding, dismissed.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Placidus Ord to be first lientenant, September 18, 1867, vice Cusack, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Second Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas Byrne to be captain, August 15, 1867, vice West, cashiered.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alstorphius Werninger, jr., to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Byrne, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William H. Boyle to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Noggle resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Third Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant John P. Thompson to be first lieutenant, July 24, 1867, vice Helm, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Samuel W. Bonsall to be first lieutenant, October 1, 1867, vice Belger, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fourth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Anthony W. Vodges to be first lieutenant July 31, 1867, vice Lantz, dropped for desertion.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Sixth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant William W. Fleming to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Weilandt, dropped for desertion.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Seventh Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick E. Grossman to be captain, October 12, 1867, vice Cullen, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John B. Johnson to be first lieutenant, October 12, 1867, vice Grossman, promoted.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>Second Lieutenant Joel H. Lyman to be first lieutenant, October 12, 1867, vice Miller, wholly retired.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Eighth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Charles Snyder to be captain, August 6, 1867, vice Bliss, promoted to the Thirty-ninth Infantry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Robinson to be first lieutenant, August 6, 1867, vice Snyder, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William W. Wallace to be first lieutenant, September 25, 1867, vice Means, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Ninth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant George W. Walker to be captain, March 7, 1867, vice Yard, appointed major in the Tenth Cavalry (since deceased).
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Timothy Connelly to be captain, September 10, 1867, vice Walker, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Morris C. Foot to be first lieutenant, March 7, 1867, vice Walker, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Gilbert C. Smith to be first lieutenant, September 10, 1867, vice Connelly, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John F. Trout to be first lieutenant, November 10, 1867, vice Penny, wholly retired.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Tenth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Captain David B. McKibben of the Thirty-second Regiment of Infantry, to be major, September 15, 1867, vice Hayman, promoted to the Seventh Infantry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant D. Geoghegan to be first lieutenant, July 28, 1866, vice Dunn, appointed captain in the Twenty-first Infantry.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Lewis Nolen to be first lieutenant, October 17, 1867, vice Thieman, wholly retired.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Joseph L. Horr to be captain, October 5, 1867, vice Carey, appointed paymaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Eugene H. Townsend to be first lieutenant, June 10, 1867, vice Keeting, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry C. Pratt to be first lieutenant, July 1, 1867, vice McGinniss, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Auman to be first lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice Horr, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fifteenth Regiment of infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant James P. Brown to be captain, August 15, 1867, vice Galloway, cashiered.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant James H. Stewart to be captain, September 17, 1867, vice Tracy, deceased.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>First Lieutenant George Shorkley to be captain, October 13, 1867, vice Fetterman, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick W. Coleman to be captain, October 22, 1867, vice Cummings, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles J. Johnson to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Brown promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Frank C. Brunck to be first lieutenant, August 27, 1867, vice Breckenridge deceased (since deceased).
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Wilber F. Du Bois to be first lieutenant, September, 17, 1867, vice Stewart, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas Blair to be first lieutenant, October 13, 1867, vice Shorkley, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry R. Brinkerhoff to be first lieutenant, November 7, 1867, vice Brunck, deceased.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Major Samuel B. Hayman, of the Tenth Regiment of Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, September 15, 1867, vice Doubleday, promoted to the Thirty-fifth Infantry.
</p></item><item><p>Captain Ebenezer Gay, of the Forty-fourth Regiment of Infantry, to be major, September 16, 1867, vice O&apos;Connell deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Samuel W. Black to be captain, July 6, 1867, vice Brayton, resigned (since deceased).
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Malcolm McArthur to be captain, September 18, 1867, vice Warren, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Robert B. Wade to be captain, September 29, 1867, vice Black, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant George H. Cram to be captain, October 8, 1867, vice Swartwout, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Troxel to be first lieutenant, July 6, 1867, vice Black, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Garretson to be first lieutenant, September 1, 1867, vice Sutherland, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alexander H. M. Taylor to be first lieutenant, September 1, 1867, vice Garretson, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Horatio Potter, jr, to be first lieutenant, September 13, 1867, vice Lambert, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Cyrus S. Roberts to be first lieutenant, September 18, 1867, vice McArthur, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry Norton to be first lieutenant, September 29, 1867, vice Wade, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles H. Green to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Stephenson, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alvan S. Galbreath to be first lieutenant, January 22, 1867, vice Wilcox, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Royal S. Carr to be first lieutenant, February 25,1867, vice Breut, the regimental quartermaster (since resigned).
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James Regan to be first lieutenant, August 12, 1867, vice Carr, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William H. Campion to be first lieutenant, October 24, 1867, vice Skinner, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
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<item><list type="simple"><head>Nineteenth of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Theodore A. Baldwin to be captain, July 23, 1867, vice Smith, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Atwood to be first lieutenant, July 23, 1867, vice Hammer, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twentieth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant John McIntosh to be captain, October 5, 1867, vice Pomeroy, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Septimus E. Carncross to be first lieutenant, October 3, 1867, vice Stickney, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles B. Carter to be first lieutenant, October 3, 1867, vice Carncross, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Robinett to be first lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice McIntosh, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Louis M. Morris to be first lieutenant, October 22, 1867, vice Hicks, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant George E. Viall to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Maxwell, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-first Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas F. Riley to be first lieutenant, October 29, 1867, vice Lee, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-second Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant William Nelson to be captain, July 9, 1867, vice Thorp, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Henry L. Beck to be captain, July 31, 1867, vice Ewing, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Enno F. Wenckebach to be captain, September 15, 1867, vice Marshall, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Frederick H. Dibble to be first lieutenant? January 1, 1867, vice McCaskey, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Hiram H. Ketchum to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Beck, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William A. Olmsted to be first lieutenant, September 15, 1867, vice Wenckebach, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-third Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Bird to be first lieutenant, May 23, 1865, vice Nickerson, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John W. Lewis to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1867, vice Eskridge, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John G. Teeford to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Little, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-second Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Homer J. Ripley to be captain, September 15, 1867, vice McKibbin, promoted to the Tenth Infantry.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Mck. Owen to be first lieutenant, September 21, 1866, vice Ripley, the regimental adjutant.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas M. McDougal to be first lieutenant, November 5, 1866, vice Fergus, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant George Macomber to be first lieutenant, January 14, 1867, vice Burgoyne, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant, Almeron S. Matthews to be first lieutenant, September 15, 1867, vice Ripley, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-third Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Samuel R. Honey to be captain November 1, 1866, vice Young, wholly retired.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Robert Harrison to be captain, March 7, 1867, vice Meredith, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Joseph G. Waters to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1866, vice Honey, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Gordon Winslow to be first lieutenant, January 17, 1867, vice Corliss, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James W. Powell to be first lieutenant, March 7, 1867, vice Harrison, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-fourth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Walter Clifford to be captain, July 31, 1867, vice Dykeman, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles E. Drew to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Clifford, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-fourth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Mason Jackson to be captain, September 14, 1867, vice Gray, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant John Williams to be captain, October 5, 1867, vice Hyatt, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Peter Engels to be first lieutenant, September 14, 1867, vice Jackson, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John R. Hynes to be first lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice Williams, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-fifth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant John T. Mackey to be captain, September 21, 1867, vice Durnin, cashiered.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Joseph M. Kennedy to be first lieutenant, August 9, 1867, vice Comstock, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Lyster M. O&apos;Brien to be first lieutenant, September 21, 1867, vice Mackey, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-sixth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladen to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1867, vice Plumber, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James P. Richardson to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice McLaughlin, appointed captain.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-seventh Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant George M. Templeton to be captain, October 19, 1867, vice Harding, wholly retired.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alpheus H. Bowman to be first lieutenant, March 5, 1867, vice D&apos;Isay, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Edmund L. McCaullay to be first lieutenant, March 5, 1867, vice Thompson, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John C. Jenness to be first lieutenant, March 5, 1867, vice Bowman the regimental adjutant (since deceased).
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas Connolly to be first lieutenant, July 1, 1867, vice Warrens, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant George H. Palmer to be first lieutenant, August 2, 1867, vice Jenness deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alexander Wishart to be first lieutenant, October 19, 1867, vice Templeton, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-eighth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Luther M. De Motte to be first lieutenant, March 7, 1867, vice Miner, appointed captain in the Twenty-second Infantry (since resigned).
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Ira McL. Barton to be first lieutenant, August 20, 1867, vice Porter, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James W. Shaw to be first lieutenant, October 31, 1867, vice De Motte, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Twenty-ninth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Lemuel Pettee to be captain, November 2, 1867, vice Edgerton, wholly retired.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas E. Merritt to be first lieutenant, November 2, 1867, vice Pettee, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-first Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas Little to be captain, November 1, 1867, vice Yates, retired.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Philip H. Ellis to be first lieutenant, December 28, 1866, vice Marshall, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Martin E. Hogan to be first lieutenant, December 28, 1866, vice O&apos;Toole, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant John G. Teeford to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Little, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-fifth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Lieutenant-Colonel Abner Doubleday, of the Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry, to be colonel, September 15, 1867, vice Griffin, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick W. Bailey to be captain, October 7, 1867, vice Lathrop, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James D. Vernay to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Bonnaffon, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles C. Cresson to be first lieutenant, October 7, 1867, vice Bailey, promoted.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-sixth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Harmon to be first lieutenant, November 14, 1867, vice Hendee, wholly retired.
</p></item></list></item>
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<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-seventh Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant George W. Baird to be first lieutenant, April 27, 1867, vice Pope, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-eighth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alexander McL. Crawford to be first lieutenant, March 29, 1867, vice Spurgin, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James N. Morgan to be first lieutenant, June 12, 1867, vice Crandal, appointed captain in the Forty-first Infantry.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Thirty-ninth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Captain Zenas R. Bliss, of the Eighth Regiment of Infantry, to be major, August 6, 1867, vice Von Schrader, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>First Lieutenant Emil Adams to be captain, May 31, 1867, vice McKim, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Hocleke to be first lieutenant, January 5, 1867, vice Keeler, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Jesse M. Lee to be first lieutenant, January 7, 1867, vice O&apos;Reilly, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Michael L. Courtney to be first lieutenant, May 31, 1867, vice Adam, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant H. Baxter Quim by to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Warren, appointed captain.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles L. Cooper to be first, lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice Bucklin, dismissed.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Forty-first Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Samuel E. Armstrong to be first lieutenant, May 2, 1867, vice Funk, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry W. Lawton to be first lieutenant, July 1, 1867, vice Schenck, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward Donovan to be first lieutenant, September 20, 1867, vice Ingraham, deceased.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Forty-second Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Alanson E. Niles to be first lieutenant, January 4, 1867, vice Joyes, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Jacob W. Keller to be first lieutenant, March 20, 1867, vice Lynch, appointed captain.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Forty-fourth Regiment, of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant William Shields to be first lieutenant, January 15, 1867, vice Sylvester, the regimental adjutant.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Frank R. Rice to be first lieutenant, June 5, 1867, vice Shea, appointed captain.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry Marcotte to be first lieutenant, June 5, 1867, vice Rice, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Forty-fifth Regiment of Infantry.
</head><item><p>Second Lieutenant Julius E. Quenton to be first lieutenant, March 1, 1867, vice Cleghorn, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward C. Knower to be first lieutenant, March 25, 1867, vice Warden, the regimental adjutant.
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<item><list type="simple"><head>Transfers.
</head><item><p>First Lieutenant John M. Stephenson, of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to the Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry, August 19, 1867.
</p></item><item><p>Firt Lieutenant Ormsby M. Mitchell, of the Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry, to the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, August 19, 1867.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Shaler, of the Fifth Regiment of Artillery, to the Ordnance Department, July 5, 1867.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant James W. Dixon, of the Third Regiment of Cavalry? to the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, September 7, 1867.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Howard B. Cushing, of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to the Third Regiment of Cavalry, September 7, 1867.
</p></item><item><p>Second Lieutenant Albert J. Garrett, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment of Infantry, to the First Regiment of Cavalry, November 20, 1867.
</p></item></list></item>
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<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
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<p>
U. S. GRANT.
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</hi>.
</p>
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The 
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</hi>.
</p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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December 3rd
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
</hi>
,
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Washington December 3rd
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Theodore A. Boise, late lieutenant colonel of the Fifth New York Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Joseph K. Byers, late first lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Hugh D. Bowker, late first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the One hundred and twenty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, April 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Josiah A. Sheets, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Illinois Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Thirtieth United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Andrew Mahoney, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major F. W. Taggard, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, May 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edwin C. Gaskill, late captain of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment, United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles H. Ingraham, late captain of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>Philip L. Lee, late first lieutenant Sixteenth New York Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William B. Nesbitt, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, May 16, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John F. Skelton, late commissary of subsistence of Volunters, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Archibald Bogle, late major of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William S. Johnson, late first lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, June 27, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Parker, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Erskine M. Camp, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 10, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>H. J. Farnsworth, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, June 14, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George E. Ford, late captain and aide-de-camp United States Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Andrew Geddes, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Iowa Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles Banzhaf, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles M. Bucklin, late second lieutenant of the Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Cyrus N. Gray, late captain of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William E. Horton, late first lieutenant of the 11th Connecticut Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas C. Lebo, late captain of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Quinton, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Robert G. Smithers, late captain of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William E. Hoffman, late captain of the Ninety-eighth Illinois Mounted Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>John B. Nixon, late captain of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>A. E. Woodson, late lieutenant of the First Washington Territory Volunteer Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, August 5, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John H. Mahnken, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant James H. Baldwin, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Myron J. Amick, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Francis S. Davidson, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edmund G. Fechit, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Almond B. Wells, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John Drum, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant William W. Cook, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Frederick A. Kendall, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Walter S. Long, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Robert Neely, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John Lafferty, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John T. Morrison, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Daniel M. Page, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and eleventh Regiment United Status Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George B. Bosworth, late major of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant James T. Leavy, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry Jackson, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant David H. Cortelyou, of the 9th Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Joseph W. Dickinson, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Florence L. McCarthy, of the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States infantry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas W. Gibson, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant J. Milton Thompson, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant George E. Albee, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
To the 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December 3rd
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Charles Parker, late captain Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1868, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John A. Bodamer, late adjutant of the Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John J. Clague, late captain of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regimen United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John T. Morrison, late lieutenant Second Minnesota Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>John Scott, late captain Twenty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry W. Lawton, late lieutenant-colonel Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles A. Van Deursen, late lieutenant Fiftieth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Benjamin F. Grafton, late captain Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward R. Theller, late captain Second California Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>James N. Morgan, late lieutenant-colonel One hundred and forty-fourth Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Jacob A. Souders, late major of the Eighth Ohio Veteran Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, May 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Almond B. Wells, late captain of the Nebraska Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Robert Neely, late major First Maryland Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Stephen R. Stafford, late captain Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William J. Campbell, late first lieutenant and quartermaster of the Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Samuel E. Armstrong, late captain of the First Maryland Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Joseph W. Wham, late first lieutenant Twenty-first Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Levi F. Burnett, late second lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, May 25, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Jonathan B. Hanson, late captain of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John B. Eaton, late captain Twenty-seventh New York Battery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, May 27, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Byron Dawson, late captain of the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George W. Kingsbury, late second lieutenant of the Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, May 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>D. Henry McComas, late captain Eighth Michigan Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John H. Filler, late major of the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George P. McDougall, late lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry W. Hubbell, jr., of New York, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John Little, late second lieutenant of the Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas W. Gibson, late second lieutenant of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 25, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Bradford S. Bassett, late captain of the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Benjamin F. Bell, late second lieutenant of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William B. Clark, late lieutenant colonel of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Aaron B. Jerome, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>James A. Rothermel, late second lieutenant of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Louis J. Sacriste, late captain of the One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Sergeant James Calhoun, of Company D, Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Samuel R. Colladay, late captain of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John Simpson, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Algernon E. Smith, late captain of the One hundred and seventeeth New York Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Davis, late captain of the First Missouri Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Stanton, late corporal of the Forty-third Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, September 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>Edward C. Henshaw, of Illinois, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Sydney W. Taylor, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, September 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William P. Lord, late major of the First Delaware Vols., to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, September 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William P. Van Ness, of Michigan, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, September 20, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles W. Hobbs, late major of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, September 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles G. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, October 24, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Peter Leary, jr., late second lieutenant Baltimore Battery Light Artillery Maryland Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, July 2, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frank H. Barnhart, late captain of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William H. Beck, late quartermaster-sergeant of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Benjamin D. Boswell, late major of the Second West Virginia Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas B. Brigss, late lieutenant of the Eleventh United States Colored Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>William B. Brunton, late captain of the Second Iowa Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Monroe Harrison, late captain of the Seventh Missouri Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Nineteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Augustus F. Higgs, late firt lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George S. Hoyt, late major of the Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>James E. Morrow, late captain of the First West Virginia Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles E. Nordstrom, late private of the First Maine Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>James M. Ropes, late captain of the Second California Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>Osk M. Smith, late first lieu tenant and adjutant of the One hundred and fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ira Wayland Trask, late first lieutenant of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frederick R. Vincent, late captain of the Second Missouri Cavalry, to be be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Samuel L. Woodward, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry F. Liggett, late captain of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>James E. Maclin, late captain of the Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, August 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward G. Fast, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Joseph M. Califf, late first lieutenant of the Seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John S. McEwan, late captain of the Seventh New York Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Augustine McIntyre, late captain of the One hundred and fourteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 19, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Andrew Jackson Kelly, late private of the First Tennessee Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, June 13, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas V. Deary, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, September 14, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Robert H. Patterson, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, September 23, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Clermont L. Best, jr., of New York, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, October 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frank M. Gibson, clerk in the Paymaster-General&apos;s Office, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, October 5, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Sergeant Rufus Somerly, of Company I, First Regiment United States Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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Secretary of War ad interim
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The 
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</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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December
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 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
</hi>
,
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Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Dudley Seward, late lieutenant-colonel of the Second Ohio Cavalry, to be captain in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John B. Callis, late lieutenant-colonel of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Frank T. Bennett, of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Isaac S. Catlin, late colonel of the One hundred and ninth New York Volunteers, to be captain in the Forty fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George B. Carse, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas Shea, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, June 5, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant William T. Frohock, of the 15th Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George Q. White, late assistant quartermaster of Vols., to be captain in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, July 2, 1867, to fill an orignal vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles Wheaton, late captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be captain in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles D. Beyer, late second lieutenant of the Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Infantry, to be captain in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>John M. Hamilton, late first lieutenant of the Ninth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>James F. Randlett, late lieutenant-colonel of the Third New Hampshire Volunteers, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant George W. Yates, of the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant William H. McLaughlin, of the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry, to be Captain in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Henry E. Alvord, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Francis S. Dodge, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Theodore A. Boice, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Jacob C. De Gress, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles W. Miner, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Edward M. Heyle, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>George B. Hoge, late colonel of the One hundred and thirteenth Illinois Volunteers, to be captain in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Clarence E. Bennett, of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Robert Gray, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Lucius H. Warren, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, July 13, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
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December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
</head>
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be assistant surgeons.
</head><item><p>Charles Mackin, jr., of Massachusetts, May 14, 1867, vice Allen, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Archibald B. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Conner, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>John N. Randall, of Illinois, October 9, 1867, vice Lindsley, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>William J. Wilson, of Missouri, October 9, 1867, vice McDonald, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Jenkins A. Fitzgerald, of Indiana, October 9, 1867, vice Town, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Joseph H. T. King, of New York, October 9, 1867, vice Mackenzie, deceased.
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</printpgno></pageinfo><item><p>Joseph K. Corson, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Petherbridge, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Alfred Delany, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Hornor, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>William H. H. Michler, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Breneman, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Daniel Weisel, of Maryland, October 9, 1867, vice Lee, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Peter J. A. Cleary, of New York, October 9, 1867, vice Mechem, promoted.
</p></item><item><p>Julius H. Patzki, of Pennsylvania, November 11, 1867, vice Bell, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Charles Styer, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Wilson, resigned.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment as commissioners under the act approved March 29, 1867, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the names of William R. King, of Kentucky, and George A. Maguire, of Missouri, for appointment as commissioners, under the act approved March 29, 1867, to reimburse the State of Indiana for moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning militia to aid in suppressing the rebellion.
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="italics">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866:
<list type="simple">
<head>
Inspector-General&apos;s Department.
</head>
<item><p>Major Nelson H. Davis, assistant inspector-general United States Army, to be assistant inspector-general with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, June 13, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
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</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be chaplains.
</head>
<item><p>George P. Van Wyck, of New York, August 7, 1867, vice Harris, retired.
</p></item>
<item><p>Vincent Palen, late hospital chaplain United States Volunteers, September 11, 1867, vice Burke, retired.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edmund B. Tuttle, late hospital chaplain United States Volunteers, September 20, 1867, vice Grier, retired.
</p></item>
<item><p>George D. Crocker, late chaplain of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, October 3, 1867, vice Hurlbut, retired.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thaddeus B. M. Falls, late hospital chaplain United States Volunteers, October 4, 1867, vice Springer, resigned.
</p></item>
<item><p>Gamaliel Collins, of Pennsylvania, October 10, 1867, vice McCarty, retired.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="italics">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866:
<list type="simple">
<head>
Medical Department.
</head>
<item><p>Florence O. Donnoghue, late acting assistant surgeon United States Army, to be medical storekeeper, August 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item>
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<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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</hi>.
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<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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,
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 3, 1867.
</p>
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</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866:
<list type="simple">
<head>
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
</head>
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be assistant surgeon.
</head><item><p>Richard S. Vickery, of Michigan, May 14, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
To the 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for reinstatement in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for reinstatement in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fourth Regiment of Artillery.
</head><item><p>Frederick M. Follett, late captain in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to be captain, to date from September 3, 1861, the order cashiering him having been revoked.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fifteenth Regiment of Artillery.
</head><item><p>George W. Fetterman, late captain, in the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be captain, to date from February 25, 1865, the order cashiering him having been revoked (since deceased).
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head><item><p>Robert F. Stockton, late first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment or Cavalry, to be first lieutenant, to date from October 26, 1861, the acceptance of his resignation having been revoked.
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<item><list type="simple"><head>Third Regiment of Artillery.
</head><item><p>Edmund Pendleton, late first lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Artillery, to be first lieutenant, to date from October 26, 1861, the order dismissing him having been revoked.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
To the 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for reinstatement and appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for reinstatement in the Army of the United States and for appointment in the new regiment to which, had he remained in service, he would have been assigned, under the act of July 28, 1866, the order dismissing him having been revoked:
<list type="simple">
<head>
Thirty fourth Regiment of Infantry.
</head>
<item><p>James Kelly, late captain in the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be captain, to date from October 26, 1861.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer, formerly of the 2nd Battalion of the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, for appointment in the new regiment to which he has been assigned; under the act approved July 28, 1866:
<list type="simple">
<head>
THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
</head>
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be major.
</head><item><p>Major Nathan A. M. Dudley, of the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, to date from September 13, 1864.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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</hi>.
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<p>
I desire the consent of the Senate to the correction of certain clerical errors, which occurred in nominating for their confirmation at a previous session, the officers named in the accompanying communication, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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, 
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 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>.
<lb>
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Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I respectfully invite your attention to and propose the correction of certain clerical errors which occurred in nominating persons to the Senate, at a previous session, for appointment in the Army and for brevet appointment in the Regular and Volunteer forces. These errors appear in the names of officers and in some few instances in stating the services of these officers for whom brevet had been proposed:
<list type="simple">
<item><list type="simple"><head>Appointments in the Army.
</head><item><p>The date of rank of Alexander McD. McCook, confirmed on the 11th March, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, should read &ldquo;March 5,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;February 5,&rdquo; 1867.
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of Godfrey Weitzel, confirmed on the 11th March, 1867, to be major in the Corps of Engineers, should read &ldquo;August 8,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;August 6, 1866.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The name of John H. Graves, confirmed on the 1st March, 1867, to be captain in the Thirty-fourth Infantry, should read &ldquo;Charles H. Graves.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The name of James M. Kennedy, confirmed on the 23d July, 1866, to be second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Infantry, should read &ldquo;Joseph M. Kennedy.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The name of Stephen Conner, confirmed on the 1st March, 1867, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry, should read &ldquo;Stephen O&apos;Connor.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of George K. Brady, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be captain in the Twenty-third Infantry, should read &ldquo;10 June, 1864,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;10 June, 1863.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>In the case of Second Lieutenant Frank T. Adams, confirmed on the 11th March, 1867, for the promotion of first lieutenant in the Thirty-third Infantry, &ldquo;17 January, 1867, vice Corliss, the regimental quartermaster,&rdquo; read &ldquo;vice Knapp, the regimental adjutant,&rdquo; with the same date of rank.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Brevet appointments in the Army.
</head><item><p>The date of rank of Charles P. Kingsbury, confirmed on the 23d July, 1866, to be colonel and lieutenant-colonel by brevet should read, in each case, &ldquo;March 13, 1865,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;September 25, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of William H. Sidell, confirmed on the 23d July, 1866, to be colonel by brevet, should read &ldquo;March 13, 1865,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 30, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of Charles E. Blunt, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be colonel by brevet, should read &ldquo;June 30, 1866,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 13, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of Oliver L. Shepherd, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be colonel by brevet, should read &ldquo;May 17, 1862,&rdquo; instead of
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</printpgno></pageinfo>&ldquo;October 4, 1862,&rdquo; and the services should read &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services at the siege of Corinth, Mississippi,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of Evarts S. Ewing, confirmed on the 8th April, 1867, to be captain and major by brevet, should read &ldquo;March 2, 1867,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 13, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of John R. McGinniss, confirmed on the 27th July, 1866, to be captain by brevet, should read &ldquo;March 1, 1864,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;September 7, 1863.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of James B. Hazelton, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be first lieutenant and captain by brevet, should read &ldquo;March 2, 1867,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 13, 1867.&rdquo;
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>Brevet appointments in the Volunteer force.
</head><item><p>In the case of G. W. Cummings, confirmed on the 30th March, 1867, to be brigadier-general by brevet, the services should read &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services during the operations before, and the capture of the enemy&apos;s forces at Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Island No. 10 in the Tennessee River.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of A. B. Spurling, confirmed on the 10th April, 1866, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read &ldquo;March 26, 1865,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 13, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of Thomas J. C. Amory, confirmed on the 12th March, 1866, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read &ldquo;October 1, 1864,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 13, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of Henry R. West, confirmed on the 12th March, 1866, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read &ldquo;April 2, 1865,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;July 13, 1865.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>In the case of Isaac S. Tichenor, confirmed on the 18th March, 1867, to be colonel by brevet and lieutenant-colonel by brevet, read &ldquo;to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chantilly, Virginia, September 1, 1862,&rdquo; and colonel by brevet &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet and colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services during the war.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>William S. Truex, confirmed on the 5th February, 1866, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, should have been nominated and confirmed as &ldquo;colonel of the Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be brigadier-general of Volunteers by brevet.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>In the case of John N. Hiltz, confirmed on the 13th April, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet and major by brevet, after the word &ldquo;services&rdquo; insert in each case the words &ldquo;during the War and especially&rdquo;; so as to read &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services during the War, and especially at the battle of Winchester, Virginia.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>In the case of Alonzo Churchill, confirmed on the 16th April, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, instead of &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services&rdquo; read &ldquo;for faithful and meritorious services.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The name of C. W. Blakeley, confirmed on the 21st February, 1867, to be major by brevet, should read &ldquo;C. W. Wakeley.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The name of F. A. Picknell, confirmed on the 26th April, 1866, to be major by brevet, should read &ldquo;F. A. Bicknell.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>In the case of Henry M. Connelly, confirmed on the 2d March, 1867, to be captain by brevet, read &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services in
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</printpgno></pageinfo>the attack on the enemy&apos;s second line in rear of Fort Harrison, Virginia, on the 29th September, 1864,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;for gallant and meritorious services in the attack on the enemy&apos;s second line in rear of Fort Harrison, Virginia, on the 28th September, 1864.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The name of John M. Dickey, confirmed on the 19th July, 1867, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read &ldquo;John M. Lindley.&rdquo;
</p></item><item><p>The date of rank of John B. Eaton, confirmed on the 19th of July, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, should read &ldquo;April 2d,&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;March 13, 1865,&rdquo; and the date of the action before Petersburg, &ldquo;June 17, 1864,&rdquo; should be omitted from the statement of the services.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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, 
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, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
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,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
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</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Charles A. Booth, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Dry, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Will W. Dougherty, of Indiana, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Counselman, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles M. Bailey, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Aldrich, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward W. Thompson, of Maine, to be second lieutenant in the 19th Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1560, vice Wilson, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>William H. Campion, late second lieutenant of the Fifth New Jersey Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, vice Grummond, deceased
</p></item>
<item><p>John L. Lambert, late captain of the Ninth Iowa Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Dugan, resigned.
</p></item>
<item><p>Adalbert Fell, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Fogg, deceased.
</p></item>
<item><p>Phineas P. Barnard, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Badeau, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry Ayers, late first lieutenant of the Signal Corps United States Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Vroom, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles H. Leonard, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Good-fellow, declined.
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<item><p>Thomas A. Reily, late private of the One hundred and ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the fifth Regiment United States Infantry, Starch 7, 1867, vice Wood, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>John Gotshall, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Gibson, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>John C. Bateman, late first lieutenant Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Harkins, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>George R. Walbridge, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Badger, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Earl M. Rogers, late lieutenant Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Beecher, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wharton White, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Latchford, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>James W. Letherbury, late second lieutenant of the Second Delaware Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Ebbets, transferred to the Twenty-sixth Infantry.
</p></item>
<item><p>Richard H. Rousseau, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, May 3, 1867, vice Cilley, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>John P. Peterson, late private Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 3, 1867, vice Manning, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ephoriam Tillotson, late second lieutenant One hundred and twenty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Halleck, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Stanley D. Humason, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and fourth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Wheelock, resigned.
</p></item>
<item><p>Scott H. Robinson, late captain of the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Smith, whose appointment has been canceled.
</p></item>
<item><p>John W. Jordan, late second lieutenant Third Regiment Maryland Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Jones, resigned.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles R. Hinton, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Conway, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Cecil R. Banks, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Rogers, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lewis A. Arnold, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, May 7, 1867, vice Spaulding, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>John K. Waring, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, May 8, 1867, vice Maize, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Borthwick, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 9, 1867, vice Nesmith, promoted.
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<item><p>Alexander M. Wetherill, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, May 9, 1867, vice Day, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles Humphreys, late lieutenant First New York Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, May 9, 1867, vice Bingham, declined.
</p></item>
<item><p>Philip Reade, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, May 13, 1867, vice Thomas, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas G. Tracy, late first lieutenant Thirtieth Regiment New York Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Morton, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Harrison Holt, late first lieutenant Thirtieth Regiment New York Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 15, 1867, vice Kramer, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Adolphus W. Greely, late major Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Wands, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>William W. Wood, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, May 15, 1867, vice Owen, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Thomas M. Wenie, late captain of the Second Delaware Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Styles, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frederick W. Thibaut, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, vice Jocelyn, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Artificer Thomas Blair, of Company D, United States Engineers Battalion, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, May 22, 1867, vice Ballantine, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Sergeant James Davidson, of Company D, United States Engineers Battalion, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, May 22, 1867, vice Guthrie, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Hospital Steward William Gerlach, United States Army, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 22 1867, vice Kent, declined.
</p></item>
<item><p>Alured Larke, late captain Fifth Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Peterson, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>David Q. Rousseau, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Lewis, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>James L. Hunt, late lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-second Maine Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Lewis, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Sergeant Charles E. Bottsford, of Company A, Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, May 29, 1867, vice Morrison, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Henry Hick, late major First New Jersey Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Alman, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lewis S. Chase, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Anderson, resigned.
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<item><p>Frederick L. Dodge, late first lieutenant of the Eighteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-third
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<item><p>William Kapus, late first lieutenant Washington Territory Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Codding, promoted.
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<item><p>Charles A. Rossander, late lieutenant Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 5, 1867, vice Wilson, deceased.
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<item><p>Robert Earle Bradford, late private Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, vice Schall, promoted.
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<item><p>Horace P. Sherman, late hospital steward Eighteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 8, 1867, vice Crafts, appointed captain in the Twenty-sixth Infantry.
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<item><p>Sergeant-Major Henry S. Pearer, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, June 8, 1867, vice Gregg, promoted.
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<item><p>Sergeant-Major William Stephenson, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 8, 1867, vice Paulus, promoted.
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<item><p>Alfred B. Bache, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Hayes, promoted.
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<item><p>John W. Hopkins, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Forse, promoted.
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<item><p>Frank K. Upham, late second lieutenant of the Seventh California Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Parnell, promoted.
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<item><p>Leonard Wightman, late first lieutenant Fifth Battery Michigan Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, May 29, 1866, vice Lawson, promoted.
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<item><p>Lewis Warrington, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, vice Bertrand, deceased
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<item><p>Royal E. Whitman, late lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, July 2, 1867, vice Clifford, promoted.
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<item><p>Theodore W. Wing, late adjutant of the Thirty-fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 27, 1867, vice Bernhart, promoted.
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<item><p>David R. Burnham, late captain of the Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867: vice Woodall, declined.
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<item><p>Hampden S. Cottrell, late first lieutenant of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Courtney, promoted.
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<item><p>Irwin M. Starr, late captain of the Fourth Provisional New York Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 24, 1867, vice Birney, promoted.
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<item><p>Ambrose B. Curtiss, clerk in the Quartermaster-General&apos;s Office, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 19, 1867, vice Wells, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>James F. Simpson, late captain of the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, August 17, 1867, vice Long, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>William H. Sloan, late lieutenant of the Thirty-first Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 5, 1867, vice Shepherd, promoted.
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<item><p>Isaac N. Walter, late first lieutenant of the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, April 24, 1867, vice Majtheny, promoted.
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<item><p>William C. Bayliss, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 17, 1867, vice Boehm, promoted.
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<item><p>George P. Belden, of Nebraska, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, June 10, 1867, vice Bingham, deceased.
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<item><p>Peter V. Haskin, late first lieutenant in the Sixth New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 13, 1867, vice Stockton, promoted.
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<item><p>Luther M. Longshaw, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Davidson, resigned.
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<item><p>William L. Wann, jr., of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment United States, July 2, 1867, vice Town send, promoted.
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<item><p>George S. Wilson, late first lieutenant in the Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, July 2, 1867, vice Craigie, the regimental adjutant.
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<item><p>Lemuel A. Abbott, late captain of the Tenth Vermont Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 2, 1867, vice Wiley, promoted.
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<item><p>Hiram H. Benner, late captain of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Hibbetts, whose appointment has been canceled.
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<item><p>David R. Burnham, late captain of the Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Woodall, declined.
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<item><p>Henry B. Chamberlain, late second lieutenant of the One hundred and eighth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Thompson, whose appointment has been canceled.
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<item><p>William A. Clark, late captain of the Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Hayes, promoted.
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<item><p>Samuel F. Hamilton, late sergeant of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, vice Yates, the regimental quartermaster.
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<item><p>William L. English, late lieutenant of the One hundred and first Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Schenofsky, transferred to the Fifth Cavalry.
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<item><p>William W. McCammon, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Boggs, whose appointment has been canceled.
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<item><p>W. H. Miller, late captain of the Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Bowman, promoted.
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<item><p>Benjamin M. Piatt, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, July 2, 1867, vice Marcotte, promoted.
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<item><p>A. Sidney Smith, late captain of the Fifth Kentucky Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Baird, promoted.
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<item><p>Henry Sweeney, late captain of the Sixtieth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Wilbur, whose appointment has been canceled.
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<item><p>William N. Williams, late first lieutenant of the Sixth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Bonsall, the regimental adjutant.
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<item><p>Josiah Chance, late captain of the One hundred and twenty-seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth United States Infantry, July 22, 1867, vice Corbin, appointed captain in the Thirty-eighth Infantry.
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<item><p>Thomas B. Reed, late captain of the Two hundred and fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, July 22, 1867, vice Hoffman, promoted.
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<item><p>Edward W. Ward, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 22, 1867, vice Wade, appointed captain Eighth Cavalry.
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<item><p>Hundley S. Maloney, of Tennessee, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, July 22, 1867, vice Walters, promoted.
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<item><p>Isaac O. Shelly, late private of the Twenty-fifth Iowa Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, July 25, 1867, vice Hunter, declined.
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<item><p>Oscar Elting, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, July 22, 1867 vice Lee, deceased.
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<item><p>Private Calvin T. Speer, of Company H, Second Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 27, 1867, vice Perkins, promoted.
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<item><p>William A. Thompson, late quartermaster-sergeant of the First Maryland Veteran Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, vice Hemphill, promoted.
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<item><p>James Curry, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, June 18, 1867, vice Humphrey, transferred to the Fourth Artillery.
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<item><p>John T. McMann, late first lieutenant of the First Michigan Engineers, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Worden, promoted.
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<item><p>Private Frank H. Palmer, of Company H, Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, August 7, 1867, vice Liddell, resigned.
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<item><p>Edward J. Smith, late lieutenant of the One hundred and eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, August 7, 1867, vice Ketchum, promoted.
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<item><p>Martin E. O. Brien, late captain of the Second Arkansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, August 7, 1867, vice Parker, promoted.
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<item><p>James H. Whitten, of Indiana, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, vice Eckley, deceased.
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<item><p>Charles H. Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Cavalry, August 7, 1867, vice McElroy, appointed captain in the Eighth Cavalry.
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<item><p>Porter Haden, late of the First California Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 10, 1867, vice McCleave, promoted.
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<item><p>John Anderson, late lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, August 10, 1867, vice Kennedy, promoted.
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<item><p>Albert Austin, late first lieutenant of the Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 9, 1867, vice Schultze, the regimental quartermaster.
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<item><p>Frank P. Gross, late lieutenant of the Twentieth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, vice Parker, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>John F. Weston, late major of the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, vice Brewster, promoted.
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<item><p>Eugene D. Dimmick, late captain of the Fifth New York Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, vice Humfreeville, the regimental quartermaster.
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<item><p>William L. Porter, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, vice Payne, promoted.
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<item><p>Jacob H. Shellabarger, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 12, 1867, vice Bell, promoted.
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<item><p>Wallace Tear, late first lieutenant of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, August 9, 1867, vice Kendall, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>Eugene Pickett, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, August 9, 1867, vice Hammon, promoted.
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<item><p>John A. Arthur, late captain of the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Second United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, vice Kidder, deceased.
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<item><p>Henry W. Smith, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, vice &mdash;, to be appointed regimental commissary.
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<item><p>Amos Webster, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Jayne, declined.
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<item><p>Edward Law, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 15, 1867, vice Cox, appointed captain Tenth Cavalry.
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<item><p>Henry M. Kendall, late sergeant of the Fifth Indiana Battery, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 17, 1867, vice Dixon, deceased.
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<item><p>First Sergeant John Murphy, of Company I, Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 16, 1867, vice Greene, promoted.
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<item><p>Henry Walworth Smith, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, vice Cook, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>George F. Mason, of Michigan, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 19, 1867, vice Brady, promoted.
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<item><p>James W. Steele, of Kansas, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, August 19, 1867, vice Morgan, promoted.
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<item><p>George H. Budd, late captain of the Second Iowa Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, vice Rucker, promoted.
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<item><p>George K. Spencer, late captain of the Thirty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Nineteenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 17, 1867, vice Cardin, promoted.
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<item><p>Donald McIntosh, clerk in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, vice Wallingford, promoted.
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<item><p>Walter A. Newton, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, August 17, 1867, vice Drew, promoted.
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<item><p>William R. Harmon, late first lieutenant of the Seventieth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, vice Badger, promoted.
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<item><p>J. Edwin Leas, of Indiana, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, vice Rodgers, promoted.
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<item><p>John H. Todd, late of the &mdash; Kentucky Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 22, 1867, vice Galbreath, promoted.
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<item><p>David L. Craft, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, August 24, 1867, vice Fleming, promoted.
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<item><p>William F. Denney, late of the First Regiment United States Colored Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, August 24, 1867, vice Macomber, promoted.
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<item><p>David B. Abraham, late first lieutenant of the Ninth Regiment United States Colored Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, August 24, 1867, vice Hendee, promoted.
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<item><p>James R. Cranston, late captain of the One hundred and nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 24, 1867, vice Stretch, the regimental adjutant.
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<item><p>Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz, late captain of the United States Veteran Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, August 30, 1867, vice Van Wankle, cashiered.
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<item><p>Harry L. Haskell, late captain of the One hundred and twenty-fifth New York Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, August 30, 1867, vice Nolen, promoted.
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<item><p>Charles Sellmer, late captain of the Eleventh Maine Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, September 2, 1867, vice Werninger, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Robert S. Fletcher, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, vice Deweese, resigned.
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<item><p>John L. Bullis, late captain of the One hundred and eighteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-fist Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, vice Lawton, promoted.
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<item><p>Dominick Lynch, jr., of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 3, 1867, vice Moberly, promoted.
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<item><p>Ocran H. Howard, late captain Signal Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, September 3, 1867, vice Wierman, transferred to the Fourth Artillery.
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<item><p>Charles M. Rockefeller, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, vice Foot, promoted.
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<item><p>John McE. Hyde, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, vice Powell, promoted.
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<item><p>William L. Sherwood, of Sew York, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, vice Rafferty, resigned.
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<item><p>Frank C. Morehead, of Missouri, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 4, 1867, vice &mdash;, to be appointed regimental commissary.
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<item><p>Henry R. Brinkerhoff, late lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 3, 1867, vice Johnson, promoted.
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<item><p>F. Beres Taylor, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, September 5, 1867, vice Baldwin, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>Aquila A. Reese, late second lieutenant of the Ninety-fist New York Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 9, 1867, vice Fech&eacute;t, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>Fielding L. Davies, late captain of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, vice Olmstead, promoted.
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<item><p>Albert W. Preston, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 10, 1867, vice Lafferty, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>Tilson C. Barden, late captain of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 10, 1867, vine Dawson, promoted.
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<item><p>Private Albert F. Bayard, of the general service, United States Army, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 11, 1867, vice Cole, promoted.
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<item><p>Hayden De Lany, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment, United States Infantry, September 11, 1867, vice Smith, promoted.
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<item><p>Sergeant Frederick H. E. Ebstein, of Company H. Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, September 12, 1867, vice Regan, promoted.
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<item><p>Charles M. Shepherd, of Illinois, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, August 7, 1867, vice Thompson, promoted.
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<item><p>Charles C. de Radio, late lieutenant of the Second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, August 31, 1867, vice Dayton, appointed captain in the Seventh Cavalry.
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<item><p>Charles A. Johnson, late lieutenant of the Fifty-first Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United
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<item><p>George Taylor, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 20, 1867, vice Amick, appointed first lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>Oliver Gresvenor, late captain of the Twelfth Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 20, 1867, vice &mdash;, to be appointed regimental quartermaster.
</p></item>
<item><p>Louis H. Orleman, late captain of the One hundred and nineteenth New York Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 20, 1867, vice Raulston, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>James M. Burns, late sergeant of the First West Virginia Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, September 21, 1867, vice Troxel, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>James H. Sands, late captain of the Sixth Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 24, 1867, vice Mellen, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward G. Mathey, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-first Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, September 24, 1867, vice Jackson, appointed first lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>George Darrow, late captain of the One hundred and forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, September 24, 1867, vice Vodges, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. Will Myers, late second lieutenant of the Sixth West Virginia Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 24, 1867, vice Pratt, appointed first lieutenant.
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<item><p>William Magee, late of the Thirty-third New Jersey Volunteers, to be second lieutenant, in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, May 8, 1867, vice Carncross, the regimental adjutant.
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<item><p>David C. McIntyre, late captain of the First Iowa Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 25, 1867, vice Campbell, promoted.
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<item><p>Charles G. Gordon, late sergeant of Company B, Second California Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 26, 1867, vice Harper, promoted.
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<item><p>Hiram F. Winchester, of Maryland, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, September 27, 1867, vice Scott, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. Sumner Rogers, late captain of the Thirty-first Maine Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, October 1, 1867, vice Pierer, promoted.
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<item><p>Richard T. Jacob, jr., of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, October 1, 1867, vice Van Deursen, cashiered.
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<item><p>John H. Coale, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, October 2, 1867, vice Macaullay, promoted.
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<item><p>Gilbert E. Overton, late adjutant of the Twelfth New York Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, October 2, 1867, vice Hill, promoted.
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<item><p>Oscar D. Ladley, late captain of the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, October 2, 1867, vice Gibson, deceased.
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<item><p>Albert D. King, of California, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, October 5, 1867, vice Williams, resigned.
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<item><p>William S. Alexander, of Missouri, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, October 9, 1867, vice Robinson, promoted.
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<item><p>Garland N. Whistler, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, October 9, 1867, vice Roberts, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>John A. Campbell, late assistant adjutant, general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, October 10, 1867, vice Barstow, promoted.
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<item><p>Henry Lazenby, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, October 11, 1867, vice Rossander, deceased.
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<item><p>Pendleton Hunter, of Michigan, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, October 12, 1867, vice Carrick, promoted.
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<item><p>Harry P. Eakin, late captain of the Third Maryland Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, October 15, 1867, vice &mdash;, to be appointed quartermaster.
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<item><p>Walworth W. Wood, late clerk in the Adjutant-General&apos;s Office, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, October 15, 1867, vice Hubbell, deceased.
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<item><p>Henry H. Pierce, late major of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Parker, the regimental adjutant.
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<item><p>John H. Benham, jr., late first lieutenant of the First United States Veteran Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Engels, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>William H. Hamner, late captain of the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Binney, resigned.
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<item><p>Asher C. Taylor, late adjutant of the Third Wisconsin Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Brunck, promoted.
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<item><p>Edwin Turnock, late captain of the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Roberts, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Samuel K. Thompson, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Abrahams, deceased.
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<item><p>Robert Cairns, late captain of the Twenty-eighth Kentucky Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867, vice Voris, deceased.
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<item><p>James McB. Stembel, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, October 19, 1867, vice Palmer, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>George B. McDermott, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, October 19, 1867, vice Bacon, resigned.
</p></item>
<item><p>John M. Walton, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, October 24, 1867, vice Dewey, deceased.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Russell, jr., of Virginia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, October 25, 1867, vice Hick, promoted.
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<item><p>Frank Taylor, late sergeant of the General Recruting Service United States Army, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, October 29, 1867, vice Boyle, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain William W. Tyler, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 13, 1867, vice Cusack, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Cyrus M. De Lany, late sergeant of Company B, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, October 13, 1867, vice Cresson, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Matthew Markland, late private of the Twenty-second Kentucky Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, vice Ord, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>H. W. Howgate, late first lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, October 22, 1867, vice Clark, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>F. M. H. Kendrick, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, October 22, 1867, vice Lyman, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>James W. Tanfield, of California, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, August 24, 1807, vice Veitenheimer, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Artificer John J. O&apos;Connell, of Company A, United States Engineers, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, October 28, 1867, vice Arnold, deceased.
</p></item>
<item><p>Sergeant M. L. Brandt, of Company A, Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, November 6, 1807, vice Davies, dismissed.
</p></item>
<item><p>John A. Payne, late major of the Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, March 6, 1867, vice Miner, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry P. Ritzius, late first lieutenant of the Seventh United States Veteran Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, October 23, 1867, vice Cooper, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ernest F. Hoffman, of Iowa, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, October 24, 1867, vice Vernay, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Albert J. Garrett, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, November 1, 1867, vice Sternberg, deceased.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward P. Rheem, late private of the Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, October 30, 1867, vice Mathews, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Private Thomas Dunn, of Company K, Second Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, November 19, 1867, vice Blair, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>John Q. Adams, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, vice Pike, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Sergeant Henry A. Irgens, of Company B, Battalion of Engineers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, November 20, 1867, vice Wishart, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Richard Rees, late first lieutenant of the First Missouri Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, August 24, 1867, vice Goodman, dropped for desertion.
</p></item>
<item><p>Darwin G. Fenno, late first lieutenant and adjutant of the Sixty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant
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</p></item>
<item><p>James A. Iliff, late Second lieutenant of the One hundred and ninth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, November 2, 1867, vice Neely, appointed first lieutenant.
</p></item>
<item><p>William M. Williams, late captain of the Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, November 13, 1867, vice Barton, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Jos&eacute; A. A. Robinson, late lieutenant of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, October 25, 1867, vice Norton, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Stephen B. Thoburn, late lieutenant of the Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, October 4, 1867, vice McGlymonds, declined.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United states:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I submit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a commercial treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar, signed at Antanavarivo on the 14th of February last.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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December
</hi>
 5, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Francis W. Boyle be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Daniel Dennett and William L. Stanford be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Michael C. Duffley be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of James Lynch, Michael P. Callan, and E. L. Corbin be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of N. Mayo Dyer and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Abel F. Meecham and others, T. A. Boice and others, Charles Parker and others, Dudley Seward and others, Charles Mackin and others, William R. Kinney, and George A. Maguire, Nelson H. Davis, George P. Van Wick and others, Florence O. Donnoghue, Richard S. Vickery, Frederick M. Follett and others, James Kelly, John A. M. Dudley, and Charles A. Booth and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the message of the President desiring the consent of the Senate to the correction of certain clerical errors be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.
</p>
<p>
The treaty between the United States of America and the Queen of Madagascar, signed at Antanavarivo the 14th of February, 1867, was read the first time.
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On motion by Mr. Sumner,
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<p>
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</hi>
, That the said treaty be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and together with the message and accompanying documents, be printed, in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Jacob Carmany; and
</p>
<p>
After debate,
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Buckalew, that the further consideration of said nomination be postponed to to-morrow,
</p>
<p>
It was determined in the negative.
</p>
<p>
After further debate,
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Henderson that the Senate do now adjourn,
</p>
<p>
The question being taken,
</p>
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<p>
On motion by Mr. Cameron,
</p>
<p>
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Buckalew, Cole, Davis, Doolittle, Terry, Henderson, Hendricks, Morrill of Vt., Patterson of N. H., Patterson of Tenn., Pomeroy, Ross, Sherman, Stewart, Williams.
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the negative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Cameron, Chandler, Conkling, Conness, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Nye, Ramsey, Tipton, Wade, Wilson.
</p>
<p>
So the motion to adjourn was not agreed to.
</p>
<p>
The question recurring, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Jacob Carmany?
</p>
<p>
It was determined in the negative.
</p>
<p>
So it was
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186712100">
<head>
TUESDAY, 
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December
</hi>
 10, 1867,
</head><xref doc="s186712100">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
Mr. Pomeroy, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 9th instant, the nomination of Michael C. Duffiey, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner, from the Committe on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the treaty between the United States of America, Great Britain, France, The Netherlands and Japan, concluded at Yedo the 25 June, 1866, reported the same without amendment.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Nicaragua, signed at the city of Managua on the 21 of June, 1867, reported the same without amendment.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186712110">
<head>
WEDNESDAY, 
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December
</hi>
 11, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712110">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William J. Chandler to be collector of internal revenue for the 5th district of Missouri, to fill a vacancy existing since the end of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
<hsep>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
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, 1867.
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</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William D. Fouts to be assessor of internal revenue for the 2nd district of Indiana, to fill a vacancy existing since the end of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
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</hi>
. 10, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John F. Flint, a citizen of the United States, to be consul of the United States at La Union, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JACKSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 11 
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</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edward A. Wright, a citizen of the United States, to be consul of the United States at San Salvador, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 11 
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December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate J. C. Mathe, a citizen of the United States, to be consul of the United States at Sonsonati, San Salvador, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 11 
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December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Gideon H. Hollister, of Connecticut, to be minister resident and consul-general of the United States to the Republic of Hayti, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 11
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th December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew R. Kintzing to be colonel in the Marine Corps, from the 4th December, 1867, vice Colonel Wm. L. Shuttleworth, retired;
</p>
<p>
Major Thomas Y. Field to be a lieutenant-colonel in the Marine Corps, from the 4th December, 1867, vice Lieutenant-Colonel M. R. Kintzing, nominated for promotion;
</p>
<p>
Captain David M. Cohen to be major in the Marine Corps, from the 4th December, 1867, vice Major T. Y. Field, nominated for promotion;
</p>
<p>
First Lieutenant Henry A. Bartlett to be captain in the Marine Corps, from the 4th December, 1867, vice Captain D. M. Cohen, nominated for promotion; and
</p>
<p>
Second Lieutenant Albert B. Young to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 4th December, 1867, vice First Lieutenant H. A. Bartlett, nominated for promotion.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington City
</hi>
, 4
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th December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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</hi>
, 
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December 9th
</hi>
, 1867.
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</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Louis J. Schonborn, late sergeant of the United States Army, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, October, 19, 1867, vice Bonsall, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. Estcourt Sawyer, of New Jersey, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, November 11, 1867, vice Gordon, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Sergeant A. Lee Myer, of Company F, Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, to second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, Dec. 6, 1867, vice Merritt, promoted.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
To the 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
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December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3
<hi rend="italics">
d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be first lieutenants by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Ely S. Parker, of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Amos Webster, of the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Cyrus S. Roberts, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Leonard J. Whiting, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the Peninsular campaign, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Levi F. Burnett, of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Mattson C. Sanbourne, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Greenleaf Cilley, of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edwin B. Atwood, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Murfreesboro&apos;, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward Allsworth, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant George E. Albee, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant William P. Atwell, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant James M. Bell, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant James G. Birney, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Roland C. Breyfoyle, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant William R. Bowne, of the Forty-second Regiment United States infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Robert F. Bates, of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Nathaniel Burbank, of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bristow Station, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John Bannister, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Petersburg, Va., July 8, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Constantine Chase, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles C. Cresson, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mill Creek, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles H. Campbell, of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant J. W. Chickering, of Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Sidney E. Clark, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Winchester, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas M. Canton, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Bethel M. Custer, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant trod meritorious services at James Island, S. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John C. Curriet, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas Connelly, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the siege of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Will A. Coulter, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Lewis M. Dayton, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the Atlanta campaign, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward Davis, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from June 17, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Cyrus A. Earnest, of the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant George F. Foote, of the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edmond G. Fechet, of the Eighth Regiment United Status Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Theodore F. Forbes, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Frank D. Garretty, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Louis E. Granger, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Wilson T. Hartz, of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fair Oaks, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles E. Hargouse, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Sedgwick Crossing, Va., May 1, 1863, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Paul R. Hambrick, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant trod meritorious services in action at Salem Church, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant William P. Hogarty, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles B. Hall, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant William Harper, jr., of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Frederick A. Kendall, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Fort Harrison, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward C. Knowet, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in front of Petersburg, July 18, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant James T. Leary, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Walter S. Long, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Thomas W. Lord, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant George M. Love, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Plain&apos;s Store, to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant James N. McElroy, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Louis M. Morris, of the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant James M. Morgan, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry Marcotte, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Calvin P. McTaggart, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Lemuel B. Norton, of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Parker, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles G. Penny, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant William V. Richards, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of South Mountain, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant George F. Raulston, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Weldon Railroad, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Frank R. Rice, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Alfred M. Raphall of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Robert G. Rutherford, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant an d meritorious services in the battle of Rappahannock Station, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladen, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Jonesboro&apos;, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Jacob A. Sanders, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edmund J. Stivers, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward R. P. Shurley, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 15, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant John W. Summerhays, of the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Ball&apos;s Bluff, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant John N. Travis, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant J. Milton Thompson, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Jones&apos; Island, S. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Franklin B. Town, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Boydton Plank Road, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Samuel P. Voris, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Wells Willard, of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chantilly, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Bradford R. Wood, jr., of the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Melville C. Wilkinson, of the Forty-second Regiment United States infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Alexander Wishart, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gaines&apos; Mill, Virginia, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant John G. Telford, of the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Lewisburg, Va., May 23, 1862, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Edward L. Bailey, of the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Williamsburg, Va., to date from November 6, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Frederick W. Smith, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant David J. Craigie, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Shiloh, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant John B. Eaton, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the action before Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864, to date from May 27, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Placidus Ord, of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Martin Norton, of the Second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Bull Run (second), Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant John A. Campbell, of the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, especially in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from October 10, 1867.
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I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
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U. S. GRANT,
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The 
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To the Senate of the United States:
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I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
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War Department
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, 1867.
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Washington
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: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
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To be captains by brevet.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas M. McDougall, of the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Will A. Coulter, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant George S. Spalding, of the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Adam Badeau, of the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Ely S. Parker, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Amos Webster, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Samuel McKeever, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Mason Howard, of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in an affair with the Indians en route from Fort Hays to Fort Harker, Kansas, to date from October 18, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant George N. Bomford, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant George Shorkley, of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Samuel McConihe, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Cyrus S. Roberts, second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fisher&apos;s Hill, Va., September 22, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William W. Clemens, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Edward A. Belgret, of the Third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Leonard J. Whiting, second lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Levi F. Burnett, second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John T. Conyngham, of The Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Clayton Hale, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William Arthur, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Mattson C. Sanbourne, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Greenleaf Cilley, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Edwin B. Atwood, second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles C. Aleshire, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Robert Avery, of the Forty-fourth United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant William P. Atwell, second lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William Badger, of the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Matthew Berry, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Wallace W. Barrett, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Stone River., Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant A. Benson Brown, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Drury&apos;s Bluff, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Gustavus M. Bascom, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James M. Bell, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Clarles Brewster, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James G. Birney, second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and merritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant George H. Cram, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Fred W. Coleman, of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles C. Cresson, second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Resaca, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles H. Campbell, second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles M. Callahan, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Bentonville, N. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant J. W. Chickering, second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas W. Custer, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Sailor&apos;s Creek, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Hanson H. Crews, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick M. Crandal, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Arkansas Park, Ark., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John H. Caster, of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Glendale, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Sidney E. Clark, second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Thomas M. Canton, second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Ream&apos;s Station, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John C. Currier, second lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Poplar Grove Church, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Thomas Connelly, second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Jacob C. De Gress, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Lewis M. Dayton, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the Atlanta campaign, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles L. Davis, of the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign from the Rapidan to the James, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Cyrus A. Earnest, second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William T. Frohock, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant George F. Foot, second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant, and meritorious services in the battle of Jonesboro&apos;, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Augustus Funk, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Calvin H. Frederick, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Edmond G. Fechet, second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Greenleaf A. Goodale, of the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburgh, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick A. H. Gaebel, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Louis E. Granget, second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Henry H. Humphreys, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Wilson T. Hartz, second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Solomon L. Hoge, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Bull Run (2d), Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Daniel Hart, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John W. Hicks, of the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Wagner, S. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant George D. Hill, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Appomatox C. H., Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant James M. Hoag, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Chapin&apos;s Farm, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles E. Hargons, second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles B. Hall, second lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Forest H. Hathway, second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant William Harper, jr., second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles S. Isley, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John L. Johnston, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the first assault at Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Lewis Johnson, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Sanford C. Kellogg, of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chattanooga, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Edward B. Knox, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Hanover Court-House, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Birney B. Keeler, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Chapin&apos;s Farm, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John Kelliher, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Frederick A. Kendall, second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Fort Harrison, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Edward C. Knower, second lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in front of Petersburg, July 18, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William F. Lynch, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Louis J. Lambert, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas H. Logan, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John Leonard, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James T. Leary, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Savannah, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Walter S. Long, second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 27 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant George M. Love, second lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Port Hudson, La., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James N. McElroy, second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William R. Maize, of the Second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John H. Mahnken, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., to date from August 7, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John D. Myrick, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Dinwiddie C. H. Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William H. Merrill, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Bull Run (first), Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Louis M. Morris, second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James N. Morgan, second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Henry Marcotte, second lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Horace Neide, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gaines&apos; Mill, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Lemuel B. Norton, second lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Alanson E. Niles, of the Forty second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Luke O. Reilly, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Savannah, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Frank W. Paul, of the Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Petersburg Mine, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Douglas Pope, of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Groveton, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Robert C. Perry, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles Parker, second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt, second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles G. Penny, second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the capture of Fort Blakely, Ala., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Allan Rutherford, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bull Run (second), Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant William V. Richards, second lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Edmund Rice, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William W. Rogers, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Henry Romeyn, of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant George F. Raulston, second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Weldon Railroad, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Frank R. Rice, second lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladen, second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Jonesboro&apos;, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Josiah A. Sheetz, of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Jacob A. Sonders, second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Winchester, Va., to date from May 17, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Clifford Stickney, of the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William P. Spurgin, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Johnsonville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Samuel K. Schwenck, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William E. Sweet, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Winchester, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas Shea, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Rome, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Frederick W. Smith, second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William Shields, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Edmund R. P. Shurley, second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 15, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John W. Summerhays, second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John Tyler, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of South Mountain, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Richard W. Tyler, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Samuel P. Voris, second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick C. Von Schriach, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of second Bull Run, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Gustav Von Blucher, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Wells Willard, second lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of New Market, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John P. Willard, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chattanooga, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Frederick F. Whitehead, of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Champion Hill, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles T. Witherall, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Maryes Heights, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Bradford R. Wood, jr., second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Poplar Grove Church, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Alexander Wishart, second lieutenant in the Twenty seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant James S. Dudley, of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and distinguished services at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., to date from July 1, 1862.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Richard G. Shaw, for gallant and meritorious services on Morris Island. S. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant George F. Towle, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Fort Wagner, S. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John G. Telford, second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the action at Cumberland Gap in 1863, to date from March 2. 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas I. Gregg, of the second Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant William R. Parnell, of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the action at Upperville, Va., June 21, 1863, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Edward L. Bailey, second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., to date from November 6, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant David J. Craigie, second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Iuka, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John B. Eaton, second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in action before Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, to date from May 27, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles E. Jewett, of the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Hugh G. Brown, of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Placidus Ord, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Petersburg. Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Alonzo H. Cushing, late first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from December 13, 1862.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Martin Norton, second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Joseph K. Byers, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John A. Campbell, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, especially in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from October 10, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Charles F. Larrabee, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Samuel A. Porter, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, to date from March 20, 1867.
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I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
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U. S. GRANT,
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The 
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I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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War Department
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: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
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To be majors by brevet.
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<item><p>Captain Tenedor Ten Eyck, of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Captain Asa P. Blunt, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lee&apos;s Mills, April 16, 1862, to date from March 28, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Adam Badeau, first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Ely S. Parker, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Amos Webster, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Gaines Lawson, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Almon F. Rockwell, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Thomas H. Reeves, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Frederick E. Trotter, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain John H. Belcher, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain William T. Howell, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Thomas Grey, of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain George N. Bomford, first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain James A. Hearn, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Andrew K. Long, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain George Shorkley, first lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the engagement at Fort Stedman, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Samuel McConihe, first lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United Stated Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Edward A. Belger, first lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Clayton Hale, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain William Arthur, first lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at battle of Ream&apos;s Station, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Samuel Canby, first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Edwin B. Atwood, second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Robert Avery, first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Edward Bloodgood, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Resaca, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain W. W. Barrett, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Gustavus M. Bascom, first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry. for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Resaca Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain James M. Bell, first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Rearers Station, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Charles E. Clarke, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain John B. Conyngham, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Yorktown, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Henry C. Corbin, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United State Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Decatur, Ala., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Isaac S. Catlin, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from May 6, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain George H. Cram, first lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Fred. W. Coleman, first lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor. Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Charles C. Cresson, second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Frederick M. Crandal, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Arkansas Post, Ark., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Murray Davis, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Guntown, Miss, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Jacob C. De Gress, first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Lewis M. Dayton, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the Atlanta campaign, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Charles L. Davis, first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Cyrus A. Ernest, second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort McAllister, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain William T. Frohock, first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Augustus Funk, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Calvin H. Frederick, first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain James Gillette, of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Hezekiah Gardner, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain John C. Gilmore, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Charles H. Graves, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Charles T. Greene, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 27, 1863, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain George S. Gallupe, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gaines&apos; Mills, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Frederick A. H. Gaebel, first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain Robert P. Hughes, of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault of Fort Gregg, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain William P. Huxford, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Henry H. Humphreys, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Penna., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Wilson T. Hartz, second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services, in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Daniel Hart, first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain William Harper, jr., second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Lewis Johnson, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege, of Corinth, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Captain William M. Kilgour, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Sanford C. Kellogg, first lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Edward B. Knox, first lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Birney B. Keeler, first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John Kellisher, first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William F. Lynch, first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Louis J. Lambert, first lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chattanooga, Tenn, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Thomas H. Logan, first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain John Leonard, first, lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain George M. Love, second lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain James N. McElroy, second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Edward S. Meyer, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain John H. Mahnken, first lieutenant, in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Five Forks, Va., to date from August 7, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain James N. Morgan, second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of New Hope Church, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Horace Neide, first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Glendale, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain George A. Purrington, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Douglass Pope, first lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Robert C. Perry, first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Allan Rutherford, first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bull Run, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Edmund Rice, first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Josiah A. Sheetz, first lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Mobile, Ala., to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William F. Spurgin, first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Samuel K. Schwenck, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Ny River, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Thomas Shea, first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Rome, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Augustus G. Tassin, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John Tyler, first lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the attack at Campbell&apos;s Station, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Samuel P. Voris, second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Gustav Van Blucher, first lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain William P. Wilson, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date form March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain William Welsh, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date form March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John P. Willard, first lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Atlanta, Ga., to date form March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Frederick F. Whitehead, first lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Charles T. Witherall, first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Rappahannock Station, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Melville C. Wilkinson, second lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Thomas I. Gregg, first lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Richard C. Parker, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William R. Parnell, first lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Edward L. Bailey, second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bull Run (second), Va., to date from November 6, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain James S. Dudley, first lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Robert E. Johnson, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gaines&apos; Mill, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain George F. Towle, first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at Russell&apos;s Mill, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain James W. Scully, assistant quartermaster United States army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., to date from September 27, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Hugh G. Brown, first lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Harrison, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Placidus Ord, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chapin&apos;s Farm, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Alonzo H. Cushing, late first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from May 2, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Henry B. Henderson, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the recruitment and organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Miles W. Keogh, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Joseph K. Byers, first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John A. Campbell, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services
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<item><p>Captain Robert L. Kirkpatrick, of the Forty-second R. Regiment United States Infantry, for gallantry at the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, to date from March 2, 1862.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Samuel A. Porter, first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 20, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of The United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
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December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel David A. Russell, late major of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from July 1, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry B. Judd, major in the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States during the war, to date from November 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Richard I. Dodge, major of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry R. Rathbone, captain in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lieutenant-Colonel William S. Ketchum, of the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services in Missouri in the line of the Army, to date from February 1, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert M. Hall, first lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George M. McGill, late assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Medical Department during the prevalence of cholera near Fort Harker, Kansas, to date from July 20, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Asa B. Blunt, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 28, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Adam Badeau, first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ely S. Parker, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph B. Kiddoo, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin P. Runkle, major of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wilson, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lieutenant-Colonel Cary H. Fry, deputy paymaster-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from October 15, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Kilgour, captain in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Purrington, captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus G. Tassin, captain in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Scully, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from September 27, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry B. Hendershott, captain in the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the recruitment and organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Sherburne, major and assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Colonel Albert J. Meyer, Chief Signal Officer United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., to date from July 2, 1862.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver D. Greene, major and assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Ihrie, paymaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the late rebellion, at the siege of Corinth, at Iuka, battle of Corinth, Tallahatchie, advance on Grenada, Jackson, Humboldt, and siege of Vicksburg, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Wallace, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 3, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
To the 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
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</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3
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d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be brigadier-generals by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel David A. Russell, late major of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from May 6, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Colonel Caleb C. Sibley, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Joseph A. Haskin, lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel James B. Fry, lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Shiloh, Tennessee, and Perryville, Ky., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Michael P. Small, captain and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from April 9, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Edward W. Hinks, lieutenant-colonel of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Colonel Nathan W. Brown, assistant paymaster-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from October 15, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel George P. Buell, lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Colonel Philip Regis de Trobriand, of the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Carey H. Fry, lieutenant-colonel and deputy paymaster-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from October 15, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Adam Badeau, first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Ely S. Parker, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Colonel Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer United States Army, for distinguished services in organizing, instructing, and commanding the Signal Corps of the Army, and for its especial service on October 5, 1864, the day on which &ldquo;the post and garrison at Alatoona, Ga., and a most valuable depository of provisions there,&rdquo; attacked by the rebel
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</printpgno></pageinfo>army, were saved by troops brought up by signals just in time to defend it, the messages being sent over the heads of the enemy, and when communication in any other way was impossible, to date from March 13, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Oliver D. Greene, major and assistant adjutant general United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel George P. Ihrie, paymaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the late rebellion, at the siege of Corinth, at Iuka, battle of Cornith, Tallahatchie, advance on Grenada, Jackson, Humboldt, and siege of Vicksburg, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel George Bell, major and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Subsistence Department during the war, to date from April 9, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel George W. Wallace, lieutenant-colonel of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 3, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December 3d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be major-generals by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General David A. Russell, late major of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864 (where killed), to date from September 19, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General James B. Fry, lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General Randolph B. Marcy, colonel and inspector-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General Delos B. Sacket, colonel and inspector-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General Galusha Pennypacker, colonel of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General Stewart Van Vliet, lieutenant-colonel and deputy quartermaster-general United States Army, for faithful and
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</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Major Henry W. Janes, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>David A. Russell, late major of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the Peninsular campaign, Va., to date from July 1, 1862.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John H. Knight, captain in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Samuel Dana, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Joseph G. Tilford, captain in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorius services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Asa P. Blunt, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Savage Station, June 29, 1862, to date from March 28, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Adam Badeau, first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Ely S. Parker, second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Major George K. Leet, assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Major Gaines Lawson, captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Major Almon F. Rockwell, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Major James Powell, captain in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant conduct in the fight with the Indians near Fort Philip Kearney, D. T., August 2, 1867, to date from August 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Thomas H. Reeves, captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Frederick E. Trotter, captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William Ludlow, captain Corps of Engineers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the campaign of the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major Benjamin P. Runkle, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Stephen C. Lyford, captain in the Ordnance Department United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major Marshall I. Ludington, quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Thomas Grey, captain in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Andrew K. Long, captain and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Samuel McConihe, first lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Clayton Hale, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edward Bloodg ood, captain in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the Savannah campaign, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major W. W. Barrett, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major Charles E. Compton, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign against Mobile, Ala., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John B. Conyngham, captain in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Henry C. Corbin, captain in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Isaac S. Catlin, captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Petersburg, Va., to date from May 6, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George H. Cram, captain in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Major Frederick M. Crandall, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Blakely, Ala., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Jacob C. De Gress, first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Bayou de Glaize, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Lewis M. Dayton, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign through the Carolinas, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William T. Frohock, first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Augustus Funk, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John C. Gilmore, captain in the thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Charles H. Graves, captain in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George S. Gallupe, captain in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Charles City Cross Roads, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Lewis Johnson, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William M. Kilgour, captain in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Atlanta, Ga, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Sanford C. Kellogg, first lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edward B. Knox, first lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William F. Lynch, first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Yellow Bayou, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Louis J. Lambert, first lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pocotaligo River, S. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George M. Love, second lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James N. McElroy, second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edward S. Meyer, captain in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George A. Purington, captain in the ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Winchester, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edmund Rice, first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Major Samuel K. Schwenck, first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Thomas Shea, first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Augustus G. Tassin, captain in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William Welsh, captain in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John P. Willard, first lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Robert E. Johnston, captain in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Charles B. Atchison, captain in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from October 28, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George F. Towle, first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edward L. Bailey, second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from November 6, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Charles B. Penrose, captain and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from November 11, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James W. Scully, assistant quartermaster in United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from September 27, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Alonzo H. Cushing, late first lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from July 1, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George McGown, captain United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the mustering out and disbanding of the Volunteer armies of the United States, to date from November 15, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Henry B. Hendershott, captain in the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the recruitment and organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Miles W. Keogh, captain in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Dallas, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major John P. Sherburne, assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Henry H. Humphreys, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the fall of Petersburg and pursuit of the rebel army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Colonel Albert J. Meyer, Chief Signal Officer United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Hanover Court-House, Va., to date from May 27, 1862.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Major Oliver D. Greene, assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Crampton&apos;s Gap, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John A. Campbell, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, especially in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., to date from October 10, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Robert L. Kilpatrick, captain in the Forty-second Regiment United States infantry, for gallantry at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major William G. Moore, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major George P. Ihrie, paymaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the late rebellion at the siege of Corinth, at Iuka, battle of Corinth, Tallahatchie, advance on Grenada, Jackson, Humboldt, and siege of Vicksburg, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 7, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 7, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be brigadier-generals by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>S. M. Pollock, late colonel of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William P. Wainwright, late colonel of the Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Heine, late colonel of the One hundred and third New York Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brayton Ives, late colonel of the First Connecticut Cavalry, for gallantry at the battle of Rearers Station and Deep Bottom No. 1 (1864), and Five Forks and Sailor&apos;s Creek (1865), to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December 7th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December 7th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>John R. Bailey, late surgeon of the Eighth Missouri Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Medical Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edward C. Moore, late captain of the Seventeenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment, by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December 7th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December 7th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be majors by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Edward D. Parker, late captain of the One hundred and forty-seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward C. Moore, late captain of the Seventeenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Frederick De Peyster, late second lieutenant of the Eighth New York State Militia, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant.,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 7, 1867.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 7, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be captain by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Frederick De Peyster, late second lieutenant in the Eighth New York State Militia, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 7, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 7, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be first lieutenant by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Frederick De Peyster, late second lieutenant of the Eighth New York Militia, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1807.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be first lieutenants by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Frank M. Kelley, late second lieutenant of the Forty-fourth New York Volunteers, for gallant, faithful, and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James Riley Weaver, late second lieutenant of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Thomas N. Trickey, late second lieutenant of the Fifty-fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the wary to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James Fitzgerald, late second lieutenant of the Fifty-fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 21, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Byron Pope, late second lieutenant of the Third Pennsylvania Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from June 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>H. H. Parker, late second lieutenant of the Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Harvey W. Benson, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
To the 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be captains by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Daniel M. Page, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and eleventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry H. Granger, lain first lieutenant of the Tenth Massachusetts Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services, especially at the battle of Hatcher&apos;s Run, Va., October 27, 1864, where mortally wounded, to date from October 27, 1864.
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<item><p>C. Howard Royce, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of North Anna River, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>James Stephenson, late first lieutenant of Battery C, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Bull Run, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>R. C. Hazlett, late first lieutenant of Battery C, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Bull Run, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Frank M. Kelley, late second lieutenant of the Forty-fourth New York Volunteers, for gallant, faithful, and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>John C. Dougherty, late first lieutenant in the One hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Henry C. Dane, late first lieutenant of the Forty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallantry at the battle of Sabine Pass, Texas, September 8, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>G. E. Johnson, late first lieutenant of the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the Peninsular campaign, Virginia, in 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Leavitt Hunt, late first lieutenant of the Thirty-eighth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the Peninsular campaign, Virginia, in 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James Riley Weaver, late second lieutenant of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>William Raymond, late first lieutenant of the Fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Hatcher&apos;s Run, Five Forks, and Appomattox Court-House, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>William A. Clark, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Peter N. Jonte, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Charles W. Price, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Myron Morse, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Charles T. Hilton, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Orville F. Rogers, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Levi C. Flint, late first lieutenant of the Eightieth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Samuel W. Clark, late second lieutenant Provisional Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious conduct in action before Petersburg, Va., to date from June 17, 1864.
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<item><p>Francis E. Dwinal, late first lieutenant of the Thirtieth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Sabine CrossRoads, Pleasant Hill, and Mon&eacute;t&apos;s Bluff, La., to date from August 17, 1865.
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<item><p>I. Newton Ritner, late first lieutenant of the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>M. Emmett Urell, late first lieutenant of the Eighty second New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Fair Oaks and Bristow Station, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Solon A. Perkins, late first lieutenant of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Clinton, La., where killed, to date from June 3, 1863.
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<item><p>Fred. L. Atwood, late first lieutenant of Battery F, Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, for gallant and good conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>George Ritchie, late first lieutenant of Battery F, Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, for gallant and good conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Benjamin G. Mann, late first lieutenant of the First Massachusetts Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>R. L. Ashhurst, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services at Pollock&apos;s Mills and at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>William Ross, late first lieutenant of the Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Fair Oaks and Bull Run (2d), Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>T. E. Merchant, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>William Gilbert, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and eighty-fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Harvey W. Benson, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Benjamin T. Martin, late first lieutenant and aide-de-camp United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Richard Oulahan, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and sixty-fourth New York Volunteers, for faithful services in the engagement at Deserted House and in the siege of Suffolk, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Hiram Crampton, late first lieutenant of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorius services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Sydney L. Wailes, late adjutant of the Purnell Legion, for gallant and meritorius services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Justin K. Richardson, late firs lieutenant of the Thirtieth Maine Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Monet&apos;s Bluff, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Charles F. Lee, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorius services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>William C. Roberts, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George H. Carter, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>John C. Chance, late first lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
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U. S. GRANT,
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The 
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I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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, 
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, 1867.
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War Department
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,
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Washington, December 3d
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, 1867.
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<p>
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Sir
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: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
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To be majors by brevet.
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<item><p>Elbert Hegeman, late captain of the Third New York Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Norman M. Smith, late captain of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for distinguished gallantry in the battle of Hollow Tree Gap, Tenn., December 17, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Daniel M. Page, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and eleventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John R. Breitenbach, late captain of the One hundred and sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Henry H. Granger, late first lieutenant of the Tenth Massachusetts Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services, especially at the battle of Hatcher&apos;s Run, Va., October 27, 1864, where mortally wounded, to date from October 27, 1864.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain C. Howard Royce, late first lieutenant of the Fifty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorius services before Petersburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James Thompson, late captain of Battery C, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9th, 1862, to date from March 13,1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George H. Treadwell late captain of the Seventh New York Artillery, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Henry C. Dane, late first lieutenant of the Forty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious services in the attack upon and capture of Forts Gaines and Morgan, in Mobile Bay, August 1st and 10th, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Isaac Moses, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the Peninsular campaign.
</p></item>
<item><p>Samuel F. Murry, late captain of the Second Regiment United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Harrison G. Otis, late captain of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain James Riley Weaver, late second lieutenant of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Edgar J. Sherman, late captain of the Forty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>George V. Griggs, late captain of the Second New York Cavalry, for resisting with great gallantry the advance of General Stuart&apos;s Rebel Cavalry into Maryland at Seneca Falls, June 28, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Lester Dwinell, late captain of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Hugh M. Hutchins, late captain of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Myers, late captain of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James Woodward, late captain of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wallace T. Larkin, late captain of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John Paulson, late captain of the One hundred and seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Olando B. Griffeth, late captain of the Eighty second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John T. O&apos;Brien, late captain of the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Jeremiah Lanahan, late captain of the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, for gallantry at the battle of James Island, S.C., June, 1862, and for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>J. E. Thorndike, late captain and additional aide-de-camp of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William A. Anderson, late adjutant of the Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign terminating in the capture of Petersburg and the surrender of the insurgent Army of Northern Virginia, to date from April 9, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Henry G. Hamilton, late first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Fortieth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Francis E. Dwinal, late first lieutenant of the Thirtieth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Mon&eacute;t&apos;s Bluff, La., to date from August 17, 1865.
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<item><p>E. D. Kennedy, late captain of the One hundred and nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William J. Handy, late captain of the Second Michigan Volunteers, or gallantry at the battle of Williamsburg Va., May 5, 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>James McKeon, late captain of the Fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Bethesda Church and Petersburg, in 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>A. F. Garrison, late captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Subsistence Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Azor S. Marvin, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>James T. Capelle, late captain of the Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain M. Emmet Urell, late first lieutenant of the Eighty-second New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Solon A. Perkins, late first lieutenant of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Clinton, La., where killed, to date from June 3, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>James T. Clark, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William A. Greene, late captain of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the siege of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Peter C. Bain, late captain of the Sixty-first New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Nathaniel A. Conklin, late captain of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Bisland, and siege of Port Hudson, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>B. J. Van Valkenburgh, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for distinguished bravery at the battles of Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Jay Du Bois, late captain of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Fred L. Atwood, late first lieutenant of Battery F Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain George Ritchie, late first lieutenant of Battery F Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James G. Paine, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William Fisher, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain R. L. Ashhurst, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Howard C. Conrady, late captain of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at Bisland, Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing, Louisiana, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain William Ross, late first lieutenant of the Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bethesda Church, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John S. Godfrey, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Benjamin T. Martin, late first lieutenant and aide-de-camp of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Even W. Woodward, late captain of the Second Pennsylvania Reserves, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain Richard Oulahan, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and sixty-fourth New York Volunteers, for faithful services in the engagement at Blackwater, Va., July, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Andrew M. Benson, late first lieutenant of the Seventh Connecticut Volunteers. for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James F. Farrell, late captain of the Fifth New York Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Whitman Sawyear late captain of the Third Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads and Pleasant Hill, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ambrose E. Beardsley, late captain of the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers, for ability and good conduct in many campaigns and battles, as company commander and staff officer, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Theodore McMurtrie, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James B. Kirker, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George H. Johnston, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant conduct in the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George W. Debevoise, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Roanoke Island, and during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Channing Clapp, late captain of the First Massachusetts Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Delos Gary, late captain of the One hundred and forty-seventh New York Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Nathan A. Wright, late captain of the One hundred and forty-seventh New York Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Sydney I. Wailes, late adjutant of the Purnell Legion, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Weldon Railroad, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Justin K. Richardson, late first lieutenant of the Thirtieth Maine Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battles of Sabine Cress-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Monet&apos;s Bluff, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Edward D. Towne, late captain of the First Wisconsin Cavalry, for distinguished services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain John C. Chance, late first lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Henry A. Shovey, late captain of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
To the President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
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December
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 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Edward M. Payne, late major of the One hundred and sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Theodore H. McCalla, late major of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of the Army of the Potomac, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Norman M. Smith, late captain of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for distinguished gallantry in the battles of Anthony&apos;s Hill and Sugar Creek, Tenn., December 25 and 26th, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Major John R. Breitenbach, late captain of the One hundred and sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Abner Hard, late surgeon of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Henry H. Granger, late first lieutenant of the Tenth Massachusetts Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services, especially at the battle of Hatcher&apos;s Run, Va., October 27, 1864, where mortally wounded, to date from October 27, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James Thompson, late captain of Battery C, independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John B. Noyes, late captain of the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious conduct while in command of his regiment before Petersburg, Va., in the engagements of June 16th and 20th, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Major Rufus K. Case, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for gallant and faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Major R. C. Morgan, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>William McBurney, late major of the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services throughout the campaign in Alabama and Florida, to date from May 19, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George Blagden, late major of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Harrison G. Otis, late captain of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James Riley Weaver, late second lieutenant of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Peter D. Vroom, jr., late major of the Second New Jersey Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13th, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George V. Griggs, late captain Second New York Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at Culpepper, Virginia, September, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry Norton, late major of the Sixth United States Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Malvern Hill, July 10, 1862, and meritorious services during the Peninsular campaign, Virginia, to date from May 5, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Amos Webster, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from April 9, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Orlando B. Griffith, late captain of the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John T. O&apos;Brien, late captain of the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Lawrence Rhoades, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 26, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Benjamin B. Foster, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William J. Handy, late captain of the Second Michigan Volunteers, for gallantry at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James McKeon, late captain in of the Fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle on the Weldon Railroad, August, 1864, and Hatcher&apos;s Run, February, 1865, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Azor S. Marvin, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign of 1864, from the Rapidan to the Weldon Railroad, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William A. Greene, late captain of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Nathaniel A. Conklin, late captain of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing, La,. to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Major Jay DuBois, late captain of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Resaca, Ga., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Fred. L. Atwood, late first lieutenant of Battery F, Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Mine Run, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George Ritchie, late first lieutenant of Battery F, Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Mine Run, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James G. Paine, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Joseph T. Powers, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William R. D. Blackwood, late surgeon of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Howard C. Conrady, late captain of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at Bisland, Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Crane River Crossing, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William H. Gunkle, late surgeon of the Seventy-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ambrose L. Cassidy, late major of the Ninety-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John C. Broatch, late major of the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the engagement at Morton&apos;s Ford, on the Rapidan, February 6, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John L. Godfrey, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John M. Kollock, late surgeon of the Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William A. Brown, late surgeon of the One hundred and seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George H. Bardwell, late major of the One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and distinguished services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va, December 13, 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Joseph M. Brown, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Theodore McMurtrie, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Wells R. Marsh, late surgeon of the Second Iowa Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edmund B. Whitman, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>Brevet Major George H. Johnston, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers for gallant conduct in the battle of White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Sydney I. Wailes, late adjutant of the Purnell Legion, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edward D. Towne, late captain of the First Wisconsin Cavalry, for distinguished services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major John C. Chance, late first lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Percy B. Spear, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Groveton, Va., August 30, 1862, to date from July 18, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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December 3d
</hi>
, 1867
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington
</hi>
, &mdash;, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force.
</p>
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Robert Thompson, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services during the rebellion, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Norman J. Maxwell, late colonel of the One hundred and eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 18, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel David B. White, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-first New York Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel R. C. Rutherford, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster&apos;s Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John G. Hudson, late colonel of the Sixtieth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, to date from March 137 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lewis T. Barney, late colonel of the One hundred and sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John K. Kimball, late colonel of the Fifty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and distinguished services in the field during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Turner G. Morehead, late colonel of the One hundred and sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Madison Miller, late colonel of the Eighteenth Missouri Volunteers, for gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Philip C. Hayes, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and third Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Arthur R. Curtis, late lieutenant-colonel of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lafayette McCrellis, late colonel of the Third Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field during the rebellion, to date from September 4, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Dwight Jarvis, late colonel of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Mellen T. Holbrook, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Cane River Crossing, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Henry H. Bingham, late major and judge-advocate, for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 9, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John McConihe, late colonel of the One hundred and sixty-ninth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from June 1, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Ambrose L. Cassidy, late major of the Ninety-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Henry S. Russell, late colonel of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, and particularly for distinguished gallantry and good conduct at Baylor&apos;s Farm, before Petersburg, June 15, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Madison Miller, late colonel of the Eighteenth Missouri Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Charles B. Stoughton, late colonel of the Fourth Vermont Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel F. W. Swift, late lieutenant-colonel of the Seventeenth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William H. Withington, late colonel of the Seventeenth Michigan Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of South Mountain, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Anthony J. Allaire, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and thirty-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Daniel D. Wiley, late lieutenant-colonel and commissary of subsistence, for faithful and efficient services in the Subsistence Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brayton Ives, late colonel of the First Connecticut Cavalry, for gallantry at the battles of Rearers Station and Deep Bottom No. 1 (1864), and Fair Oaks and Sailor&apos;s Creek (1865), to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
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<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, Dec
</hi>
. 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Robert Thompson, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services during the rebellion, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward M. Payne, late major of the One hundred and sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Cutler, late major of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>David B. White, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-first New York Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Noyes, late captain of the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious conduct while in command of his regiment before Petersburg, Va., in the engagements of June 16th and 20th, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieut. Colonel George Blagden, late major of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>P. Jones Yorke, late lieutenant-colonel of the Second New Jersey Cavalry, for distinguished gallantry in the attack upon and capture of the rebel Stockade at Egypt, Mississippi, December 28, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Peter D. Vroom, jr., late major of the Second New Jersey Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George V. Griggs, late captain of the Second New York Cavalry, for gallantry in penetrating the enemy&apos;s lines near Culpeper, Virginia, October 11, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Philip C. Hayes, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and third Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel S. R. Hamil, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from February 8, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin B. Foster, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Mellen T. Holbrook, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Port Hudson, and Pleasant Hill, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry H. Bingham, late major and judge-advocate, for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 9, 1865.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ambrose L. Cassidy, late major of the Ninety-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Broatch, late major of the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Boydton Plank Road, near Petersburg, Va., October 27, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Bardwell, late major of the One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>William B. Wooster, late lieutenant-colonel of the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers, for gallant conduct in command of his regiment at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Ketchum, late captain of the One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>F. W. Swift, late lieutenant-colonel of the Seventeenth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Spottssylvania, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Anthony J. Allaire, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and thirty-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wells R. Marsh, late surgeon of the Second Iowa Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence Rhoades, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 28, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>James Tucker, late lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers for gallant and meritorious conduct throughout the whole war, especially at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Daniel D. Wiley, late lieutenant-colonel and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services in the Subsistence, Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be major-generals by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General John P. C. Shanks, late colonel of the Seventh Indiana Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
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<item><p>S. K. Zook, late brigadier-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., where killed, to date from July 2, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General John Ely, late colonel of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for faithful and gallant conduct throughout the war, to date from April 15, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>David A. Russell, late brigadier, general of Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry in the battle of Opequan, to date from September 19, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Horatio P. Van Cleve, late brigadier-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General Lewis T. Barney, late colonel of the One hundred and sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit a copy of a dispatch of the 17th of July last, addressed to the Secretary of State, and of the papers which accompanied it, from Anson Burlingame, esq., minister of the United States to China, relating to a proposed modification of the existing treaty between this Government and that of China.
</p>
<p>
The Senate is aware that the original treaty is chiefly 
<hi rend="italics">
ex parte
</hi>
 in its character. The proposed modification, though not of sufficient importance to warrant all the usual forms, does not seem to be objectionable; but it cannot be legally accepted by the Executive Government without the advice and consent of the Senate. If this should be given it may be indicated by a resolution, upon the adoption of which the United States minister to China will be instructed to inform the Government of that country that the modification has been assented to.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 10, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Wm. J. Chandler and Wm. D. Foutz be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of John F. Flint and Edward A. Wright, J. C. Mathe, Gideon H. Hollister and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Matthew R. Kintzing and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Louis J. Schonbern and others, Ely S. Parker and others, Thomas M. McDougall and others, Tenedor Ten Eyck and others, David A. Russell and others, David A. Russell and others, David A. Russell and others, Henry W. Janes and others, S. M. Pollock and others, John R. Bailey and others, Edward D. Parker and others, Frederick De Peyster, Frederick De Peyster, Frank M. Kelly and others, Daniel M. page and others, Elbert Hegeman and others, Edward M. Payne and others, Robert Thompson and others, Robert Thompson and others, and John P. C. Shanks and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
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<p>
The dispatch from Mr. Burlingame and the papers which accompanied it relating to a proposed modification of the existing treaty between this Government and that of China, were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 4th instant, the nominations of William J. Squires and Israel H. Washburne, Adolph A. Hoehlinger and others, and Theodore P. Greene and others, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Van Winkle submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Judiciary Committee report a proper mode of proceeding on the part of the Senate in cases of suspension under the second section of the tenure of office act, and whether the person suspended is entitled to demand or have a specification of the charges against him, and whether any and what opportunity should be afforded him to produce evidence on his part.
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<p>
On motion by Mr. Buckalew,
</p>
<p>
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Ordered
</hi>
, That the Secretary request the President of the United States to return to the Senate their resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Jacob Carmony.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Buckalew submitted the following motion for consideration:
</p>
<p>
That the resolution of the Senate advising and consenting to the appointment of Jacob Carmony be reconsidered.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of J. Warren Bell and Michael C. Dufficy; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons.
</p>
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THURSDAY, 
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</hi>
 12, 1868.
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The following messages were received from the President of the United States. by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
<p>
On the 12th of August last I suspendend Mr. Stanton from the exercise of the office of Secretary of War, and on the same day designated General Grant to act as Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The following are copies of the Executive orders:
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<p>
&ldquo;
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Executive Mansion
</hi>
,
<lb>
&ldquo;
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Washington, August
</hi>
 12, 1867.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
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Sir
</hi>
: By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, you are hereby suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining to the same.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;You will at once transfer to General Ulysses S. Grant, who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>
, all records, books, and other property now in your Custody and charge.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;The Hon. 
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Edwin M. Stanton
</hi>
,
<lb>
&ldquo;
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Secretary of War
</hi>
.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
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Executive Mansion
</hi>
,
<lb>
&ldquo;
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Washington, D. C., August
</hi>
 12, 1867.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
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Sir
</hi>
: The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton having been this day suspended as Secretary of War, you are hereby authorized and empowered to act
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as Secretary of War 
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, and will at once enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office.
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<p>
&ldquo;The Secretary of War has been instructed to transfer to you all the records, books, papers, and other public property now in his custody and charge.
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&ldquo;General 
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Ulysses S. Grant
</hi>
,
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&ldquo;
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Washington, D. C
</hi>
.&rdquo;
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<p>
The following communication was received from Mr. Stanton:
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<p>
&ldquo;
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War Department
</hi>
,
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&ldquo;
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Washington City, August
</hi>
 12, 1867.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
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Sir
</hi>
: Your note of this date has been received, informing me that by virtue of the powers and authority vested in you as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, I am suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining to the same, and also directing me at once to transfer to General Ulysses S. Grant, who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>
, all records, books, papers, and other public property now in my custody and charge.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;Under a sense of public duty, I am compelled to deny your right under the Constitution and laws of the United States, without the advice and consent of the Senate, and without any legal cause, to suspend me from office as Secretary of War or the exercise of any or all functions pertaining to the same, or without such advice and consent to compel me to transfer to any person the records, books, papers, and public property in my custody as Secretary.
</p>
<p>
But, inasmuch as the general commanding the armies of the United States has been appointed 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>
, and has notified me that he has accepted the appointment, I have no alternative but to submit, under protest, to superior force.
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<p>
To the 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The suspension has not been revoked, and the business of the War Department is conducted by the Secretary 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
Prior to the date of this suspension I had come to the conclusion that the time had arrived when it was proper Mr. Stanton should retire from my Cabinet. The mutual confidence and general accord which should exist in such a relation had ceased. I supposed that Mr. Stanton was well advised that his continuance in the Cabinet was contrary to my wishes, for I had repeatedly given him so to understand by every mode short of an express request that he should resign. Having waited full time for the voluntary action of Mr. Stanton, and seeing no manifestation on his part of an intention to resign, I addressed him the following note on the 5th of August:
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
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Sir
</hi>
: Public considerations of a high character constrain me to say that your resignation as Secretary of War will be accepted.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
To this note I received the following reply:
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<p>
&ldquo;
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War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
&ldquo;
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Washington, August
</hi>
 5, 1867.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
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Sir
</hi>
: Your note of this day has been received, stating that public considerations of a high character constrain you to say that my resignation as Secretary of War will be accepted.
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&ldquo;In reply, I have the honor to say that public considerations of a high character, which alone have induced me to continue at the head of this Department, constrain me not to resign the office of Secretary of War before the next meeting of Congress.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
This reply of Mr. Stanton was not merely a disinclination of compliance with the request for his resignation; it was a defiance, and something more. Mr. Stanton does not content himself with assuming that public considerations bearing upon his continuance in office form as fully a rule of action for himself as for the President, and that upon so delicate a question as the fitness of an officer for continuance in his office the officer is as competent and as impartial to decide as his superior who is responsible for his conduct; but he goes further, and plainly intimates what he means by &ldquo;public considerations of a high character,&rdquo; and this is nothing else than his loss of confidence in his superior. He says that these public considerations have &ldquo;alone induced me to continue at the bead of this Department,&rdquo; and that they &ldquo;constrain me not to resign the office of Secretary of War before the next meeting of Congress.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
This language is very significant. Mr. Stanton holds the position unwillingly. He continues in office only under a sense of high public duty. He is ready to leave when it is safe to leave, and as the danger he apprehends from his removal then will not exist when Congress is here, he is constrained to remain during the interim. What, then, is that danger which can only be averted by the presence of Mr. Stanton or of Congress? Mr. Stanton does not say that &ldquo;public considerations of a high character&rdquo; constrain him to hold on to the office indefinitely. He does not say that no one other than himself can at any time be found to take his place and perform its duties. On the contrary, he expresses a desire to leave the office at the earliest moment consistent with these high public considerations. He says, in effect, that while Congress is away he must remain, but that when Congress is here, he can go. In other words, he has lost confidence in the President. He is unwilling to leave the War Department in his hands, or in the hands of any one the President may appoint or designate to perform its duties. If he resigns, the President may appoint a Secretary of War that Mr. Stanton does not approve. Therefore he will not resign. But when Congress is in session the President cannot appoint a Secretary of War which the Senate does not approve. Consequently, when Congress meets Mr. Stanton is ready to resign.
</p>
<p>
Whatever cogency these &ldquo;considerations&rdquo; may have had on Mr. Stanton, whatever fight he may have had to entertain such considerations, whatever propriety there might be fit the expression of them to others, one thing is certain, it was official misconduct, to say the least of it, to parade them before his superior officer.
</p>
<p>
Upon the receipt of this extraordinary note I only delayed the order of suspension long enough to make the necessary arrangements to fill the office. If this were the only cause for his suspension it would be ample. Necessarily it must end our most important official relations, for I cannot imagine a degree of effrontery which would embolden the head of a Department to take his seat at the council table in the Executive Mansion after such an act; nor can I imagine a President so forgetful of the proper respect and dignity which belong to his office as to submit to such intrusion. I will not do Mr. Stanton the wrong to suppose that he entertained any idea of offering to act as one of my constitutional advisers after that note was written. There was an interval of a week between that date and the order of suspension, during which
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two Cabinet meetings were held. Mr. Stanton did not present himself at either; nor was he expected.
</p>
<p>
On the 12th of August Mr. Stanton was notified of his suspension, and that General Grant had been authorized to take charge of the Department. In his answer to this notification, of the same date, Mr. Stanton expresses himself as follows: &ldquo;Under a sense of public duty I am compelled to deny your right under the Constitution and laws of the United States, without the advice and consent of the Senate, to suspend me from office as Secretary of War, or the exercise of any or all functions pertaining to the same; or, without such advice and consent, to compel me to transfer to any person the records, books, papers, and public property in my custody as Secretary. But inasmuch as the general commanding the armies of the United States has been appointed 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>
, and has notified me that he has accepted the appointment, I have no alternative but to submit, under protest, to superior force.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
It will not escape attention that, in his note of August 5, Mr. Stanton stated that he had been constrained to continue in the office, even before he was requested to resign, by considerations of a high public character. In this note of August 12.a new and different sense of public duty compels him to deny the President&apos;s right to suspend him from office without the consent of the Senate. This last is the public duty of resisting an act contrary to law, and he charges the President with violation of the law in ordering his suspension.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Stanton refers generally to the Constitution and laws of the &ldquo;United States,&rdquo; and says that a sense of public duty &ldquo;under&rdquo; these compels him to deny the right of the President to suspend him from office. As to his sense of duty under the Constitution, that will be considered in the sequel. As to his sense of duty under &ldquo;the laws of the United States,&rdquo; he certainly cannot refer to the law which creates the War Department, for that expressly confers upon the President the unlimited right to remove the head of the Department. The only other law bearing upon the question is the tenure-of-office act, passed by Congress over the Presidential veto, March 2, 1867. This is the law which, under a sense of public duty, Mr. Stanton volunteers to defend.
</p>
<p>
There is no provision in this law which compels any officer coming within its provisions to remain in office. It forbids removals&mdash;not resignations. Mr. Stanton was perfectly free to resign at any moment, either upon his own motion or in compliance With a request or an order. It was a matter of choice or of taste. There was nothing compulsory in the nature of legal obligation. Nor does he put his action upon that imperative ground. He says he acts under a &ldquo;sense of public duty,&rdquo; not of legal obligation, compelling him to hold on, and leaving him no choice. The public duty which is upon him arises from the respect which he owes to the Constitution and the laws, violated in his own case. He is, therefore, compelled by this sense of public duty to vindicate violated law and to stand as its champion.
</p>
<p>
This was not the first occasion in which Mr. Stanton, in discharge of a public duty, was called upon to consider the provisions of that law. That tenure-of-office law did not pass without notice. Like other acts, it was sent to the President for approval. As is my custom, I submitted its consideration to my Cabinet for their advice upon the question whether I should approve it or not. It was a grave question of constitutional law in which I would, of course, rely most upon the opinion of the Attorney-General and of Mr. Stanton, who had once been Attorney-General.
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Every member of my Cabinet advised me that the proposed law was unconstitutional. All spoke without doubt or reservation, but Mr. Stanton&apos;s condemnation of the law was the most elaborate and emphatic. He referred to the constitutional provisions, the debates in Congress, especially to the speech of Mr. Buchanan when a Senator, to the decisions of the Supreme Court, and to the usage from the beginning of the Government through every successive administration, all concurring to establish the right of removal as vested by the Constitution in the President. To all these he added the weight of his own deliberate judgment, and advised me that it was my duty to defend the power of the President from usurpation and to veto the law.
</p>
<p>
I do not know when a sense of public duty is more imperative upon head of Department than upon such an occasion as this. He acts then under the gravest obligations of law; for when he is called upon by the President for advice, it is the Constitution which speaks to him. All his other duties are left by the Constitution to be regulated by statute; but this duty was deemed so momentous that it is imposed by the Constitution itself.
</p>
<p>
After all this, I was not prepared for the ground taken by Mr. Stanton in his note of August 12th. I was not prepared to find him compelled by a new and indefinite sense of public duty, under &ldquo;the Constitution,&rdquo; to assume the vindication of a law which, under the solemn obligations of public duty, imposed by the Constitution itself, he advised me was a violation of that Constitution. I make great allowance for a change of opinion, but such a change as this hardly falls within the limits of greatest indulgence.
</p>
<p>
Where our opinions take the shape of advice, and influence the action of others, the utmost stretch of charity will scarcely justify us in repudiating them when they come to be applied to ourselves.
</p>
<p>
But to proceed with the narrative. I was so much struck with the full master of the question manifested by Mr. Stanton, and was at the time so fully occupied with the preparation of another veto upon the pending reconstruction act, that I requested him to prepare the veto upon this tenure-of-office bill. This he declined on the ground of physical disability to undergo, at the time, the labor of writing, but stated his readiness to furnish what aid might be required in the preparation of materials for the paper.
</p>
<p>
At the time this subject was before the Cabinet it seemed to be taken for granted that as to those members of the Cabinet who had been appointed by Mr. Lincoln, their tenure of office was not fixed by the provisions of the act. I do not remember that the point was distinctly decided, but I well recollect that it was suggested by one member of the Cabinet who was appointed by Mr. Lincoln, and that no dissent was expressed.
</p>
<p>
Whether the point was well taken or not did not seem to me of any consequence, for the unanimous expression of opinion against the constitutionality and policy of the act was so decided that I felt no concern, so far as the act had reference to the gentlemen then present, that I would be embarrassed in the future. The bill had not then become a law. The limitation upon the power of removal was not yet imposed, and there was yet time to make any changes. If ally one of these gentlemen had then said to me that he would avail himself of the provisions of that bill in case it became a law, I should not have hesitated a moment as to his removal. No pledge was then expressly given or required. But there are CircumstanCes when to give an express pledge is not necessary, and when to require it is an imputation of possible
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bad faith. I felt that if these gentlemen came within the purview of the bill it was, as to them, a dead letter, and that none of them would ever take refuge under its provisions.
</p>
<p>
I now pass to another subject. When, on the 15th of April, 1865, the duties of the Presidential office devolved upon me, I found a full Cabinet of seven members, all of them selected by Mr. Lincoln. I made no change; on the contrary, I shortly afterwards ratified a change determined upon by Mr. Lincoln, but not perfected at his death, and admitted his appointee, Mr. Harlan, in the place of Mr. Usher, who was in office at the time.
</p>
<p>
The great duty of the time was to re-establish government, law, and order in the insurrectionary States. Congress was then in recess, and the sudden overthrow of the rebellion required speedy action. This grave subject had engaged the attention of Mr. Lincoln in the last days of his life, and the plan according to which it was to be manged had been prepared, and was ready for adoption. A leading feature of that plan was that it should be carried out by the executive authority, for, so far as I have been informed, neither Mr. Lincoln nor any member of his Cabinet doubted his authority to act, or proposed to call an extra session of Congress to do the work. The first business transacted in Cabinet after I became President was this unfinished business of my predecessor. A plan or scheme of reconstruction was produced which had been prepared for Mr. Lincoln by Mr. Stanton, his Secretary of War. It was approved, and, at the earliest moment practicable was applied in the form of a proclamation to the State of North Carolina, and afterward became the basis of action in turn for the other States.
</p>
<p>
Upon the examination of Mr. Stanton before the impeachment committee he was asked the following question: &ldquo;Did any one of the Cabinet express a doubt of the power of the Executive branch of the Government to reorganize State governments which had been in rebellion without the aid of Congress?&rdquo; He answered, &ldquo;None whatever.&rdquo; I had myself entertained no doubt of the authority of the President to take measures for the organization of the rebel States on the plan proposed during the Vacation of Congress and agreed in the plan specified in the proclamation in the case of North Carolina.
</p>
<p>
There is perhaps no act of my administration for which I have been more denounced than this. It was not originated by me, but I shrink from no responsibility on that account, for the plan approved itself to my own judgment, and I did not hesitate to carry it into execution.
</p>
<p>
Thus far and upon this vital policy there was perfect accord between the Cabinet and myself, and I saw no necessity for a change. As time passed on there was developed an unfortunate difference of opinion and of policy between Congress and the President upon this same subject, and upon the ultimate basis upon which the reconstruction of these States should proceed, especially upon the question of negro suffrage. Upon this point three members of the Cabinet found, themselves to be in sympathy with Congress. They remained only long enough to see that the difference of policy could not be reconciled. They felt that they should remain no longer, and a high sense of duty and propriety constrained them to resign their positions. We parted with mutual respect for the sincerity of each other in opposite opinions and mutual regret that the difference was on points so vital as to require a severance of official relations. This was in the summer of 1866. The subsequent sessions of Congress developed new complications when the suffrage bill for the District of Columbia and the reconstruction act of March 2 and March 23, 1867, all passed over the veto. It was in Cabinet
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consultations upon these bills that a difference of opinion upon the most vital points was developed. Upon these questions there was perfect accord between all the members of the Cabinet and myself, except Mr. Stanton. He stood alone, and the difference of opinion could not be reconciled. That unity of opinion which, upon great questions of public policy or administration, is so essential to the Executive, was gone.
</p>
<p>
I do not claim that a head of Department should have no other opinions than those of the President. He has the same right, in the conscientious discharge of duty, to entertain and express his own opinions as has the President. What I do claim is that the President is the responsible head of the administration, and when the opinions of a head of Department are irreconcilably opposed to those of the President in grave matters of policy and administration there is but one result which can solve the difficulty, and that is a severance of the official relation. This, in the past history of the Government, has always been the rule, and it is a wise one, for such differences of opinion among its members must impair the efficiency of any administration.
</p>
<p>
I have now referred to the general grounds upon which the withdrawal of Mr. Stanton from my administration seemed to me to be proper and necessary, but I cannot omit to state a special ground, which, if it stood alone, would vindicate my action.
</p>
<p>
The sanguinary riot which occurred in the city of New Orleans on the 30th of August, 1866, justly aroused public indignation and public inquiry, not only as to those who were engaged in it, but as to those who, more or less remotely, might be held to responsibility for its occurrence. I need not remind the Senate of the effort made to fix that responsibility on the President. The charge was openly made, and again and again reiterated all through the land that the President was warned in time, but refused to interfere.
</p>
<p>
By telegrams from the lieutenant-governor and attorney-general of Louisiana, dated the 27th and 28th of August, I was advised that a body of delegates claiming to be a constitutional convention, were about to assemble in New Orleans; that the matter was before the grand jury, but that it would be impossible to execute civil process without riot, and this question was asked: &ldquo;Is the military to interfere to prevent process of court?&rdquo; This question was asked at a time when the civil courts were in the full exercise of their authority, and the answer sent by telegraph on the same 28th of August, was this: &ldquo;The military will be expected to sustain and not to interfere with the proceedings of the courts.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
On the same 28th of August the following telegram was sent to Mr. Stanton by Major-General Baird, then (owing to the absence of General Sheridan) in command of the military at New Orleans:
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;Hon. 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Edwin M. Stanton
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;A convention has been called, with the sanction of Governor Wells, to meet here on Monday. The lieutenant-governor and city authorities think it unlawful, and propose to break it up by arresting the delegates. I have given no orders on the subject, but have warned the parties that I could not countenance or permit such action without instructions to that effect from the President. Please instruct me at once by telegraph.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
The 28th of August was on Saturday. The next morning, the 29th, this dispatch was received by Mr. Stanton, at his residence in this city. lie took no action upon it, and neither sent instructions to General
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Baird himself, nor presented it to me for such instructions. On the next day (Monday) the riot occurred. I never saw this dispatch from General Baird until some ten days or two weeks after the riot, when, upon my call for all the dispatches, with a view to their publication, Mr. Stanton sent it to me.
</p>
<p>
These facts all appear in the testimony of Mr. Stanton before the Judiciary Committee in the impeachment investigation.
</p>
<p>
On the 30th, the day of the riot, and after it was suppressed, General Baird wrote to Mr. Stanton a long letter, from which I make the following extract:
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to inform you that a very serious riot has occurred here to-day. I had not been applied to by the convention for protection, but the lieutenant-governor and the mayor had freely consulted with me, and I was so fully convinced that it was so strongly the intent of the city authorities to preserve the peace, in order to prevent military interference, that I did not regard an outbreak as a thing to be apprehended. The lieutenant-governor had assured me that, even if a writ of arrest was issued by the court, the sheriff would not attempt to serve it without my permission, and, for to-day, they designed to suspend it. I inclose herewith copies of my correspondence with the mayor, and of a dispatch which the lieutenant-governor claims to have received from the President. I regret that no reply to my dispatch to you of Saturday has yet reached me. General Sheridan is still absent in Texas.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
The dispatch of General Baird, of the 28th, asks for immediate instructions, and his letter of the 30th, after detailing the terrible riot which had just happened, ends with the expression of regret that the instructions which he asked for were not sent. It is not the fault, or the error, or the omission of the President that this military commander was left without instructions; but for all omissions, for all errors, for all failures to instruct when instruction might have averted this calamity, the President was openly and persistently held responsible. Instantly, without waiting for proof, the delinquency of the President was heralded in every form of utterance. Mr. Stanton knew then that the President was not responsible for this delinquency. The exculpation was in his power, but it was not given by him to the public, and only to the President in obedience to a requisition for all the dispatches.
</p>
<p>
No one regrets more than myself that General Baird&apos;s request was not brought to my notice. It is clear, from his dispatch and letter, that if the Secretary of War had given him proper instructions the riot which arose on the assembling of the convention would have been averted.
</p>
<p>
There may be those ready to say that I would have given no instructions even if the dispatch had reached me in time, but all must admit that I ought to have had the opportunity.
</p>
<p>
The following is the testimony given by Mr. Stanton before the impeachment investigation committee as to this dispatch:
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;Q. Referring to the dispatch of the 28th of July by General Baird, I ask you whether that dispatch on its receipt was communicated?
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;A. I received that dispatch on Sunday forenoon; I examined it carefully, and considered the question presented; I did not see that I could give any instructions different from the line of action which General Baird proposed? and made no answer to the dispatch.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;Q. I see it stated that this was received at 10.20 p. m. Was that the hour at which it was received by you?
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;A. That is the date of its reception in the telegraph office Saturday night; I received it on Sunday forenoon at my residence; a copy of the
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dispatch was furnished to the President several days afterwards, along with all the other dispatches and communications on that subject, but it was not furnished by me before that time; I suppose it may have been ten or fifteen days afterwards.
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;Q. The President himself being in correspondence with those parties upon the same subject, would it not have been proper to have advised him of the reception of that dispatch?
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;A. I know nothing about his correspondence, and know nothing about any correspondence except this one dispatch. We had intelligence of the riot on Thursday morning. The riot had taken place on Monday.&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
It is a difficult matter to define all the relations which exist between the heads of Departments and the President. The legal relations are well enough defined. The Constitution places these officers in the relation of his advisers when he calls upon them for advice. The acts of Congress go further; take, for example, the act of 1789, creating the War Department. It provides that &ldquo;there shall be a principal officer therein to be called the Secretary for the Department of War, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on, or intrusted to, him by the President of the United States; and furthermore, the said principal officer shall conduct the business of the said Department in such manner as the President of the United States shall, from time to time, order and instruct.&rdquo; Provision is also made for the appointment of an inferior officer by the head of the Department, to be called the chief clerk, &ldquo;who, whenever said principal officer shall be removed from office by the President of the United States,&rdquo; shall have the charge and custody of the books, records, and papers of the Department.
</p>
<p>
The legal relation is analogous to that of principal and agent. It is the President upon whom the Constitution devolves, as head of the Executive Department, the duty to see that the laws are faithfully executed; but, as he cannot execute them in person, he is allowed to select his agents, and is made responsible for their acts within just limits. So complete is this presumed delegation of authority in the relation of head of Department to the President, that the Supreme Court of the United States have decided that an order made by a head of Department is presumed to be made by the President himself.
</p>
<p>
The principal, upon whom such responsibility is placed for the acts of a subordinate, ought to be left as free as possible in the matter of selection and of dismissal. To hold him to responsibility for an officer beyond his control, to leave the question of the fitness of such an agent to be decided 
<hi rend="italics">
for
</hi>
 him, and not 
<hi rend="italics">
by
</hi>
 him, to allow such a subordinate, when the President, moved by &ldquo;public considerations of a high character,&rdquo; requests his resignation, to assume for himself an equal right to act upon his own views of &ldquo;public considerations,&rdquo; and to make his own conclusions paramount to those of the President&mdash;to allow all this is to reverse the just order of administration, and to place the subordinate above the superior.
</p>
<p>
There are, however, other relations between the President and a head of Department, beyond these defined legal relations, which necessarily attend them, though not expressed. Chief among these is mutual confidence. This relation is so delicate that it is sometimes hard to say when or how it ceases. A single flagrant act may end it at once, and then there is no difficulty. But confidence may be just as effectually destroyed by a series of causes too subtle for demonstration. As it is a plant of slow growth, so, too, it may be slow in decay. Such has been
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the process here. I will not pretend to say what acts or omissions have broken up this relation. They are hardly susceptible of statement, and still less of formal proof. Nevertheless, no one can read the correspondence of the 5th of August without being convinced that this relation was effectually gone on both sides, and that while the President was unwilling to allow Mr. Stanton to remain in his administration, Mr. Stanton was equally unwilling to allow the President to carry on his administration without his presence.
</p>
<p>
In the great debate which took place in the House of Representatives in 1879, in the first organization of the principal Departments, Mr. Madison spoke as follows:
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;It is evidently the intention of the Constitution that the first magistrate should be responsible for the Executive Department. So far, therefore, as we do not make the officers who are to aid him in the duties of than Department responsible to him, he is not responsible to the country. Again, is there no danger that an officer, when he is appointed by the concurrence of the Senate, and has friends in that body, may choose rather to risk his establishment on the favor of that branch than rest it upon the discharge of his duties to the satisfaction of the executive branch, which is constitutionally authorized to inspect and control his conduct? And if it should happen that the officers connect themselves with the Senate they may mutually support each other, and for want of efficacy reduce the power of the President to a mere vapor, in which case his responsibility would be annihilated, and the expectation of it is unjust. The high executive officers, joined in cabal with the Senate, would lay the foundation of discord, and end in an assumption of the executive power only to be removed by a revolution in the Government.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sedgwick, in the same debate, referring to the proposition that a head of Department should only be removed or suspended by the concurrence of the Senate, used this language:
</p>
<p>
&ldquo;But if proof be necessary, what is then the consequence? Why, in nine cases out of ten, where the case is very clear to the mind of the President that the man ought to be removed, the effect cannot be produced, because it is absolutely impossible to produce the necessary evidence. Are the Senate to proceed without evidence? Some gentlemen contend not. Then the object will be lost. Shall a man, under these circumstances, be saddled upon the President who has been appointed for no other purpose but to aid the President in performing certain duties? Shall he be continued, I ask again, against the will of the President? If he is, where is the responsibility? Are you to look for it in the President, who has no control over the officers, no power to remove him if he acts unfeelingly or unfaithfully? Without you make him responsible you weaken and destroy the strength and beauty of your system. What is to be done in cases which can only be known from a long acquaintance with the conduct of an officer?&rdquo;
</p>
<p>
I had indulged the hope that upon the assembling of Congress Mr. Stanton would have ended this unpleasant complication according to his intimation given in his note of August 12. The duty which I have felt myself called upon to perform was by no means agreeable, but I feel that I am not responsible for the controversy or for the consequences.
</p>
<p>
Unpleasant as this necessary change in my Cabinet has been to me upon personal considerations, I have the consolation to be assured that, so far as the public interests are involved, there is no cause for regret.
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<p>
Salutary reforms have been introduced by the Secretary 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>
, and great reductions of expenses have been effected under his administration of the War Department, to the saving of millions to the Treasury.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 12, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
In compliance with the request of the Senate of the 11th instant, I return herewith their resolution of December 9 advising and consenting to the appointment of Jacob Carmany to be assessor of internal revenue for the tenth district of Pennsylvania.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 12, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the message relative to the suspension of Edwin M. Stanton from the performance of the duties of the office of Secretary of War be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of Noah L. Jeffries, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, 4th instant, the nominations of Lemuel D. Evans and Edward Cooper, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 11th instant, the nomination of William J. Chandler, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186712130">
<head>
FRIDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
December
</hi>
 13, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712130">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed by the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant to report a proper mode of proceeding in cases of suspension under the second section of the tenure of office act, submitted the following report:
</p>
<p>
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution &ldquo;that they report a proper mode of proceeding in cases of suspension under the second section of the tenure of office act, and whether the person suspended is entitled to demand or have a specification of the charges against him, and whether any, and what opportunity should be offered him to produce evidence on his part,&rdquo; having had the same under consideration, respectfully report:
<list type="ordered">
<item><p>First. That the President and Senate may, as heretofore, remove any officer by the nomination and confirmation of a successor.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second. That the Senate may, as heretofore, consent to the removal of any officer who may have been suspended from office by the President during the recess of the Senate by confirming a successor, and this without approving or disapproving the causes of his suspension.
</p></item>
<item><p>Third. That when an officer is suspended by the President during the recess of the Senate the matter may be examined by the appropriate committee according to their discretion, as in cases of other nominations, and if the committee to whom the matter of suspension is referred corn cur in such suspension they should report to the Senate a resolution that the Secretary of the Senate so notify the President, and if they do not concur in such suspension they should report a resolution accordingly.
</p></item>
</list>
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<p>
On motion by Mr. Cameron,
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Buckalew on the 11th instant, that the resolution that the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Jacob Carmony be reconsidered.
</p>
<p>
On the question being taken,
</p>
<p>
It was determined in the negative.
</p>
<p>
So the Senate refused to reconsider its resolution.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Wm. J. Squires, Israel H. Washburn, Adolph A. Hockling, William S. Bowen, Adam Frank, Alfred Griffith, Theodore P. Greene, Egbert Thompson, Francis H. Baker, Austin Pendergrast, and William J. Chandler; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
</p>
<p>
The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Joseph Foster and Edward N. Whitehouse; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Tipton,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the Secretary request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of J. Warren Bell.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Tipton submitted the following resolution for consideration:
</p>
<p>
That the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of J. Warren Bell be reconsidered.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 4th instant, the nominations of Joseph Foster and Edward N. Whitehouse, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Conness that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the message of the President of the United States relating to the suspension from office of Edwin M. Stanton,
</p>
<p>
After debate,
</p>
<p>
The Senate adjourned.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186712160">
<head>
MONDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
December
</hi>
 16, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712160">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate E. J. Morgan to be surveyor of customs for the port of Selma, in the State of Alabama, in place of William Q. Smith, who was confirmed February 25, 1867, but has failed to qualify according to law.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 16, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Joseph H. Thompson, of Tennessee, to be consul of the United States at St. Thomas, W. I. vice John C. Walker, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 16 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
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</printpgno>
</pageinfo>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3
<hi rend="italics">
rd
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3
<hi rend="italics">
d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<head>
PAY DEPARTMENT.
</head>
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be paymasters.
</head><item><p>Robert Morrow, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, May 9, 1867, vice Adams, resigned.
</p></item><item><p>Captain Asa B. Carey, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, October 5, 1867, vice Simpson, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>William P. Gould, late additional paymaster of Volunteers, October 18, 1867, vice Stewart, deceased.
</p></item><item><p>Isaac S. Stewart, late additional paymaster of Volunteers, October 18, 1867, vice Francis, retired.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment as commissioner under the act approved March 29, 1867, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 3
<hi rend="italics">
d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 3
<hi rend="italics">
d
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the name of James Dunn, of New York, for appointment as commissioner under the act approved March 29, 1867, to reimburse the State of Ohio for moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning militia to aid in suppressing the rebellion.
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Alexander K. Lowrey, of California, to be register of the land office at Marysville, California, vice Michael C. Dufficy, rejected.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 16, 1867.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James L. Robbins to be deputy postmaster at Penn Yan, in the county of Yates and State of New York, in place of S. H. Welles, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 14, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James F. Swain to be deputy postmaster at Benicia, in the county of Solano and State of California, in place of A. L. Stiles, removed for cause.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec&apos;r
</hi>
 14, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate J. Guy Foreman to be deputy postmaster at Corry, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, in place of James Foreman, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 14, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William C. Houser to be deputy postmaster at Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberland and State of Penna., in place of Robert Wilson.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 14, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Daniel Burnman to be deputy postmaster at Milton, in the county of Northumberland and State of Penna., to fill vacancy occasioned by rejection of C. B. Davis.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 16, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Isaac L. Gibbs, of the Territory of Idaho, to be governor of the said Territory, in place of David W. Ballard, removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 16, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
In compliance with the request of the Senate of the 13th instant, I return herewith their resolution of December 11, rejecting the nomination of J. Warren Bell to be collector of customs for the district of Brazos de Santiago.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 14, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I withdraw the nomination of Daniel Dennett to be collector of customs for the district of Teche, in the State of Louisiana, submitted to the Senate on the 6th instant.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 16, 1867.
</p>
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</printpgno>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the suspension of John H. Anderson from the office of collector of internal revenue for the fourth district of Virginia, together with the evidence and reasons for my action in the case. William E. Wells has been designated to perform temporarily the duties of the office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 16, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the suspension of John H. Patterson from the office of assessor of internal revenue for the fourth district of Virginia, together with the evidence and reasons for my action in the case. The duties of the office have been devolved upon the assistant assessor, no person having been designated temporarily to perform them.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 16, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of E. J. Morgan and Joseph H. Thompson be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Robert Morrow and others and James Dunn be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Alexander K. Lowrey be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of James L. Robbins, J. Guy Foreman, William C. Houser, and Daniel Burnman be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Isaac L. Gibbs be referred to the Committee on Territories.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, with accompanying papers, relative to the suspension of John H. Patterson, assessor of internal revenue for the 4th district of Virginia, be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, with accompanying papers, relative to the suspension of John H. Anderson, collector of internal revenue for the 4th district of Virginia, be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Conness,
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the nomination of James F. Swain; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Williams submitted the following resolution, which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the President of the United States be requested to furnish the Senate the petitions of citizens of Idaho, filed with him, remonstrating against the removal of Governor Ballard.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion, submitted by Mr. Tipton the 13th instant, that the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of J. Warren Bell be reconsidered; and on the question to agree to said motion,
</p>
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</printpgno>
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<p>
It was determined in the negative.
</p>
<p>
So the said resolution was not reconsidered.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Conkling,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the report of the Committee on the Judiciary, relative to a proper mode of proceeding under the second section of the tenure-of-office act, submitted the 13 December last, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186712170">
<head>
TUESDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
December
</hi>
 17, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712170">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Oliver B. Bradford, of Pennsylvania, now consular clerk at Shanghai, to be consul of the United States at Brunai, Borneo, in the place of Charles L. Moses, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 &mdash;, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edwin Higgins, of Michigan, to be secretary of the Territory of Utah, vice Amos Reed, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 17, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Owen Thorn to be a member of the levy court of the District of Columbia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of office of De Vere Burr.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 17, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate C. H. Nichols and George H. Plant to be members of the levy court of the District of Columbia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of their respective terms of office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
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December
</hi>
 17, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I herewith transmit to the Senate a communication from the Secretary of State, dated December 9th instant, with the accompanying papers, the same being a statement of the suspension of Charles Lee Moses, from the duties of consul at Brunai, Borneo, with the evidence and reasons for my action in the case.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 17
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Oliver B. Bradford be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Edwin Higgins be referred to the Committee on Territories.
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<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Owen Thorn and C. H. Nichols and George H. Plant be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the papers relative to the suspension from office of C. L. Moses be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 16th instant, the nomination of James L. Robbins, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 16th instant, the nomination of J. Guy Foreman, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported papers relating to the reciprocity treaty lately negotiated between the Government of the United States and the Hawaiian Islands, and moved that they be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate; and the motion was agreed to.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, the 11th instant, &ldquo;a dispatch of the 17th of July last, addressed to the Secretary of State, and the papers which accompanied it, from Anson Burlingame, esq., the minister of the United States to China, relating to a proposed modification of the existing treaty between this Government and that of China,&rdquo; reported the following resolution:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
 (
<hi rend="italics">
two-thirds of the Senators present concurring
</hi>
), That the Senate do advise and consent to the modification of the treaty between the United States and China, concluded at Tientsin on the 18th of June, 1858, so that the XIXth article shall be understood to include hulks and store-ships of every kind under the term merchant vessels; and so that it shall provide that if the supercargo, master, or consignee shall neglect, within forty-eight hours after a vessel casts anchor in either of the ports named in the treaty, to deposit the ship&apos;s papers in the hands of the consul or person charged with his functions, who shall then comply with the requisitions of the XIXth article of the treaty in question, he shall be liable to a fine of fifty reels for each day&apos;s delay. The total amount of penalty, however, shall not exceed two hundred taels.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 9th instant, the treaty between the United States of America and the Queen of Madagascar, signed at Antananarivo, the 14th February, 1867, reported the same without amendment.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 16th instant, the nomination of Alexander H. Lowrey, reported the same adversely.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of Wm. J. Clark, reported the same adversely.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of Oscar Minor, and the 11th instant that of Gideon E. Hollister, reported the same favorably.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186712200">
<head>
FRIDAY, 
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December
</hi>
 20, 1867.
</head><xref doc="s186712200">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate First Lieutenant Charles A. Stillman to be a captain in the Marine Corps, vice Captain John A. Burroughs, deceased; and
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Second Lieutenant Frank D. Webster to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, vice First Lieut. Chas. A. Stillman, nominated for promotion.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington City
</hi>
, 17 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Henry Biehn to be deputy postmaster at Ripley, in the county of Brown and State of Ohio, the office having become Presidential.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Thomas N. Lee to be deputy postmaster at Hancock, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, in place of Charles Hembeck, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate R. H. P. Farrall to be deputy postmaster at Chico, in the county of Butte and State of California, in place of Thomas J. Bidwell, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec&apos;r
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate F. T. Sherman to be deputy postmaster at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, in place of Robert A. Gilmore, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William A. Trower to be deputy postmaster at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois, in place of Joseph N. Lewis.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate David K. Noyes to be deputy postmaster at Baraboo, in the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, in place of Samuel Hartley, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec&apos;r
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate George W. Tabler to be deputy postmaster at Martinsburg, in the county of Berkeley and State of W. Va., in place of Peter Tabler.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
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<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate David H. Johnson to be deputy postmaster at Griffin, in the county of Spaulding and State of Ga.; office become Presidential.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Henry V. Colt to be deputy postmaster at Geneseo, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, in place of Manson Lapham, removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Alfred Buckhart to be deputy postmaster at Sing Sing, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, in place of Reuben Quimby, removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 13 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Alden Raymond to be deputy postmaster at South Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, in place of Matthew Wilcox, removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John C. Cartwright to be United States attorney for the district of Oregon, in the place of Richard Williams, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 19, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Ethan Allen to be collector of customs for the district of Teche, in the State of Louisiana, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the war.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 17, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Daniel McKenna to be deputy postmaster at Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, in place of Augustus Treager, removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 19, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Alger M. Wheeler to be deputy postmaster at Danville, in the county of Pittsylvania and State of Va., in place of John B. Lowry, suspended.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
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</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
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<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec&apos;r
</hi>
 17, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 17
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>First Sergeant James Calhoun, of Company D, Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, vice Shepherd, the regimental quartermaster.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frank M. Gibson, clerk in the Paymaster-General&apos;s office, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, October 5, 1867, vice Leavy, appointed first lieutenant.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, they having passed the examination required by law:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>Charles L. Hudson, late first lieutenant of the Seventy-second Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, November 19, 1867, vice Du Bois, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>Oliver W. Longan, late sergeant major of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, November 20, 1867, vice Johnson, promoted.
</p></item>
<item><p>William M. Bandy, late captain of the Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, August 29, 1867, vice De Motte, promoted.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
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</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
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<hi rend="smallcaps">
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</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
Medical Department.
</head>
<item><p>G. H. T. Ferdinand Axt, of New York, to be assistant surgeon, October 9, 1867, vice Silliman, retired.
</p></item>
<item><p>Peter Moffatt, of California, to be assistant surgeon, October 9, 1867, vice Schenck, resigned.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be first lieutenants by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles Bird, of the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Augustus F. Higgs, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from June 18, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Simon C. Vedder, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gaines&apos; Mill, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant F. H. Hathaway, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., October 27, 1864, to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John S. McEwan, of the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from August 17, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Henry Norton, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Algernon E. Smith, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Drury&apos;s Farm, to date from August 9, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
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</hi>.
</p>
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<hi rend="italics">
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</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be captains by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Joseph H. Hayes, of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Drury&apos;s Farm, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles Bird, second lieutenant in the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant F. H. Hathaway, second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Newmarket, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant George W. Gile, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Bull Run (2d), Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John S. McEwan, second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from August 17, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Henry Norton, second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of 2d Ball Run, Va, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Algernon E. Smith, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from August 9, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Thomas H. Hay, of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
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<hi rend="smallcaps">
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</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be majors by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Charles Bird, second lieutenant in the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain George W. Gile, first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of South Mountain, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Daniel W. Burke, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from January 22, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Thomas H. Hay, first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Samuel B. M. Young, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Sulphur Springs, Virginia, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Dec
</hi>
. 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment, by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Major Charles Bird, second lieutenant in the Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Petersburgh, Va., June 20, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major George W. Gile, first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Samuel B. M. Young, captain in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Amelia Springs, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
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</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
. 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Wilson, major in the Corps of Engineers, for gallant and meritorious services at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, Ala., to date from April 8, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel B. M. Young, captain in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Sailor&apos;s Creek, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be captains by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Richard B. Foster, late first lieutenant of the Sixty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Palmetto Ranch, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant George S. Hawley, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Mine, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John S. Summersides, late first lieutenant of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
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<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be majors by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>William W. Bell, late captain of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cache River, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edwin B. Houghton, late captain of the Seventeenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>A. G. Goodwin, late captain of the Thirteenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Sabine Cross-Roads, April 8, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John D. O&apos;Brien, late captain of the Twenty-fourth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>George Hugernin, late captain of the One hundred and forty-seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Weldon Railroad August 18, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John O&apos;Kane, late captain of the Fifty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh. Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865,
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President Of The United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Job C. Hedges, late major of the Fourteenth New York Artillery, for gallant and conspicuous conduct at Cold Harbor, Va., to date from May 31, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Edwin B. Houghton, late captain of the Seventeenth Maine Volunteers, for conspicuous bravery at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Archer N. Martin, late captain, of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Cedar Creek, and in all the engagements during the Appomattox campaign, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major A. G. Goodwin, late captain of the Thirteenth Maine Volunteers, for gallant conduct at the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Brevet Major John O&apos;Kane, late captain of the Fifty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of The United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Job C. Hedges, late major of the Twentieth New York Artillery, for gallantry in leading his regiment in front of Petersburg on the enemy&apos;s works, 17th of June, 1864, where he fell at the head of his column, to date from June 17, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>Solomon S. Matthews, late lieutenant, colonel of the Fifth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Glendale and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of The United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be brigadier-generals by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Nicholas L. Anderson, late colonel of the Sixth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant conduct and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, December 31, 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Solomon S. Matthews, late lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Glendale and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865,
</p></item>
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<item><p>George C. Burling, late colonel of the Sixth New Jersey Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of The United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for, appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, December
</hi>
 18
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be major-general by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General Nicholas L. Anderson, late colonel of the Sixth Ohio Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chickamauga, September 19th and 20th, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of The United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate, an agreement between the diplomatic representatives of certain foreign powers in Japan, including the minister of the United States on the one part, and plenipotentiaries on the part of the Japanese Government, relative to the settlement of Yokohama.
</p>
<p>
This instrument cannot be legally binding upon the United States unless sanctioned by the Senate. There appears to be no objection to its approval.
</p>
<p>
A copy of General Van Valkenburgh&apos;s dispatch to the Secretary of State, by which the agreement was accompanied, and of the map to which it refers, are also herewith transmitted.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 17, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to a resolution of that body or the 16th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 19
<hi rend="italics">
th December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit herewith a communication from the Postmaster-General, stating the evidence and reasons for the suspension from office of John B. Lowry, postmaster at Danville, Virginia. The duties of the office are temporarily performed by Alger M. Wheeler.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
. 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 19, 1867.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Charles A. Stillman and Frank D. Webster be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Henry Biehn, Thomas N. Lee, R. H. P. Farrall, F. T. Sherman, William A. Trower, David K. Noyes, George W. Tabler, David H. Johnson, Henry V. Colt, Alfred Buckhart, Alden Raymond, Daniel McKenna, and Alger M. Wheeler be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of John C. Cartwright be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Ethan Allen be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of James Calhoun and Frank M. Gibson, Charles G. Hudson and others, G. H. T. Ferdinand Axl, Peter Moffatt, Charles Bird and others, Joseph H. Hays, Charles Bird and others, Charles Bird and others, John M. Wilson and Samuel B. M. Young, Richard B. Foster and others, William W. Belt and others, Job C. Hedges and others, Job C. Hedges and Solomon S. Matthews, Nicholas L. Anderson and others, and Nicholas L. Anderson be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
The agreement between the diplomatic representatives of certain foreign powers in Japan, including the minister of the United States on the one part, and plenipotentiaries on the part of the Japanese Government, signed at Yedo, the 29th of December, 1866, was read the first time.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Sumner,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said agreement be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and, with the message and accompanying documents, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the communication from the Postmaster-General relative to the suspension from office of John B. Lowrey, deputy postmaster at Danville, Virginia, be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers relating to the removal of Governor Ballard, of Idaho; be referred to the Committee on Territories.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Fessenden presented the petition of Wm. James, collector of the 3d district of Virginia, praying to be furnished with a copy of the charges against him, with the evidence sustaining them, which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred, the 17th instant, the nominations of George H. Plant and C. H. Nichols, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
</p>
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<p>
Mr. Fowler, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred, the 17th instant, the nomination of Edwin Higgins, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Morrill, of Vt., from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 9th instant, the nomination of Francis W. Boyle, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186801080">
<head>
WEDNESDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</head><xref doc="s186801080">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Moore, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Benjamin C. Nixon to be deputy postmaster at Jeffersonville, in the county of Clark and State of Indiana, to fill vacancy occasioned by rejection of Jas. N. Patterson.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Jan&apos;y
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John Robertson to be deputy postmaster at New Lisbon, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, the office having become subject to Presidential appointment by increase of business.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Joseph S. Collins to be deputy postmaster at Fort Randall, in the county of Charles Mix and Ter. of Dakota, in place of Charles E. Hedges, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William G. Powers to be deputy postmaster at Mount Vernon, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, in place of Luther L. Pease, sp&apos;l agent in charge of post-office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Egbert H. Grandin to be United States attorney for the southern district of Alabama, in place of L. V. B. Martin, removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 7, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Nicholas Callan and Terence Drury to be justices of the peace for the county of Washington, D. C.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Executive Mansion
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
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</printpgno>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Samuel P. Daniels, of Indiana, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Indianapolis, Indiana, vice William Boaz, whose term of office has expired.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
 20, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James W. Henderson, of California, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, California, vice John Keleher, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John B. Jones, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be pension agent at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James M. Castello, of Colorado, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Fair Play, Colorado Territory, vice James Lutterill, rejected.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edmund S. Davis, of Nevada, to be register of the land office at Austin, Nevada.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
For reasons which will appear from the accompanying paper, I again submit the nomination of B. F. Chandler to be civil engineer in the Navy, for navy-yard service.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington City
</hi>
, 19 
<hi rend="italics">
December
</hi>
, 1867.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Philip B. Fouke to be naval officer for the district of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, in place of Jas. B. Sullivan, to be removed for inefficiency.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 6, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Thomas N. Stillwell, of Indiana, to be minister resident of the United States at Venezuela, he having been appointed during the recess.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
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</controlpgno>
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</printpgno>
</pageinfo>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Elisha B. Hamilton to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Quincy, in the State of Illinois, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the 2d session, 39th Congress.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
 D. C. 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 7, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I herewith transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of State, dated Dec&apos;r 31st, 1867, being in addition to his report of the 9th of the same month transmitting the evidence on which was based the suspension of C. Lee Moses, our consul at Brunai, Borneo.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
Jan
</hi>
. 6, 1868.
</p>
<p>
The messages was read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, that the nominations of Benjamin C. Nixon, John Robertson, Joseph S. Collins, and William G. Powers be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post-Roads.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Egbert H. Grandin be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Nicholas Callan and Terence Drury be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Samuel P. Daniels, James W. Henderson, James M. Castello, and Edmund S. Davis be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of John B. Jones be referred to the Committee on Pensions.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of B. F. Chandler be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Philip B. Fouke and Elisha B. Hamilton be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Thomas N. Stillwell be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
</p>
<p>
The report of the Secretary of State relative to the suspension from office of C. Lee Moses, consul of the United States at Brunai, Borneo, was referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner presented a memorial of the Board of Trade of Boston.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Drake, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred, the 11th December, the nomination of Thomas Y. Field, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 20th December last, the nomination of John C. Cartwright, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 16th December last, the nominations of Wm. L. Houser and Daniel Burnman, and the 20th December last those of Alden Raymond and Daniel McKenna, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 20th December last, the nominations of Thomas N. Lee and David K. Noyes, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Van Winkle, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 20th December last, the nomination of George W. Tabler, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 11th December last, the nomination of William D. Foutz, reported thereon adversely.
</p>
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</printpgno>
</pageinfo>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Cameron, the Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Francis W. Boyle; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate do not advise and consent to his appointment.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186801090">
<head>
THURSDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
January
</hi>
 9, 1868.
</head><xref doc="s186801090">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
Mr. Pomeroy, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of Samuel P. Daniels, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Pomeroy, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of James M. Castello, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of Edmund S. Davis, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Sumner presented the memorial of &mdash;
</p>
<p>
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 20th December, the nomination of Henry Biehn, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred, the 9th December last, the nomination of James Lynch, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Fessenden presented papers relating to the suspension of William James, collector of internal revenue for the third district of Virginia, which were referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of Egbert H. Grandin, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Edw&apos;d Cooper, Lemuel D. Evans, James L. Robbins, Alexander K. Lowrey, William J. Clark, William C. Houser, Daniel Burnman, Alden Raymond, Daniel McKenna, and William D. Foutz; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of J. Guy Foreman, Oscar Minor, John C. Cartwright, Thomas N. Lee, David K. Noyes, and George W. Tabler; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Gideon H. Hollister; and,
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Sumner,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said nomination be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186801100">
<head>
FRIDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
January
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</head><xref doc="s186801100">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Moore, his secretary.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Charles Mundee, of Florida, to be register of the land office at Tallahassee, Florida, vice A. B. Stonlake, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</p>
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</printpgno>
</pageinfo>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate A. Warren Rose, of California, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lauds subject to sale at Sacramento, California.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Edward B. McPherson, of Missouri, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Boonville, Mo.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
Jan&apos;y
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William J. Britton to be assessor of internal revenue for the first district of Mississippi, in place of A. H. Hall, to be removed for inefficiency and misconduct in office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 6, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John M. Reynolds to be assessor of internal revenue for the 24th district of New York, in place of Joseph W. Gates, to be removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 6, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William M. Post to be assessor of internal revenue for the 12th district of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the 2d session 39th Congress.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate George C. Getchell to be assessor of internal revenue for the third district of Maine, in place of George W. Wilcox, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 9
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Thomas J. Kinsella to be collector of internal revenue for the first district of Illinois, in place of O. L. Mann, to be removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Chas. G. Green to be assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston, Massachusetts, in place of T. P. Chandler, whose commission expired Jan. 18, 1868.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 8, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Joseph E. Smith to be collector of customs for the district of Wiscasset, in the State of Maine, in place of Erastus Foote, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 9, 1868.
</p>
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</printpgno>
</pageinfo>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Samuel S. Cox, of New York, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Austria, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</p>
<p>
The messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Charles Mundee, A. Warren Rose, and Edward B. McPherson be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Wm. J. Britton, John M. Reynolds, Wm. M. Post, George C. Getchell, Thomas J. Kinsella, and Charles G. Green be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Joseph E. Smith be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred, the 12th of December last, the message of the President of the United States relative to the suspension of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of the Department of War, submitted a report, accompanied by the following resolution:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That having considered the evidence and reasons given by the President in his report of the 12th of December, 1867, for the suspension from the office of Secretary of War of Edwin M. Stanton, the Senate do not concur in such suspension.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Doolittle asked and obtained leave to present the views of the minority of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, on the message of the President of the United States relating to the suspension of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, which were ordered to be printed with the report of the majority.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Doolittle that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the views of the minority, so as to permit the publication thereof,
</p>
<p>
It was determined in the negative.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Van Winkle, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of John B. Jones, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Van Winkle, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following resolutions, which were read and ordered to lie on the table.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate hereby concur in the suspension of William James, collector of internal revenue for the third district of Virginia, and do hereby advise and consent to the removal of the said James from his said office, and that the same be certified to the President.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That in the opinion of the Semite the nomination of John E. Mulford to be collector of internal revenue for the third district of Virginia, vice Wm. James, suspended for misconduct in office, is not properly before them for consideration, the said James not having been removed from his office by the President.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Secretary send to the President a copy of the foregoing resolution.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186801110">
<head>
SATURDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
January
</hi>
 11, 1868.
</head><xref doc="s186801110">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Howard,
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution reported from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, the 10th instant, relative to the suspension from office of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary for the Department of War.
</p>
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On motion by Mr. Buckalew, that the 41st rule be suspended in the case of the suspension of Edwin M. Stanton, so far as to admit the presence of a reporter when the case shall be considered in executive session,
</p>
<list type="simple">
<item><p>It was determined in the negative,
</p></item>
<item><p>Yeas
<hsep>10
</p></item>
<item><p>Nays
<hsep>32
</p></item>
</list>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Dixon,
</p>
<p>
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Buckalew, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks, Johnson, Norton, Patterson of Tenn., Pomeroy, and Ross.
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the negative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Morrill of Vt., Nye, Patterson of N. H., Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey, Williams.
</p>
<p>
So the motion was not agreed to.
</p>
<p>
The question recurring on the resolution reported by the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia,
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Doolittle to amend the said resolution by striking out all after the word &ldquo;Resolved&rdquo; and inserting in lieu thereof the words &ldquo;
<hi rend="italics">
that the Senate advise and consent to the removal of Edwin M. Stanton
</hi>
,&rdquo;
</p>
<list type="simple">
<item><p>It was determined in the negative,
</p></item>
<item><p>Yeas
<hsep>8
</p></item>
<item><p>Nays
<hsep>31
</p></item>
</list>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Doolittle,
</p>
<p>
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Buckalew, Dixon, Doolittle, Hendricks, Johnson, Norton, Patterson of Tenn., Ross.
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the negative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Morrill of Vt., Morton, Nye, Patterson of N. H., Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey, Williams.
</p>
<p>
So the amendment was not agreed to.
</p>
<p>
The question recurring on the resolution,
</p>
<p>
After debate,
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Morrill, of Me.,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the Secretary request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Lemuel D. Evans.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Morrill, of Me., submitted the following motion for consideration:
</p>
<p>
That the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Lemuel D. Evans be reconsidered.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186801130">
<head>
MONDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</head><xref doc="s186801130">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Howard,
</p>
<p>
The Senate resumed consideration of the resolution reported by the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, the 10th instant; and,
</p>
<p>
After debate,
</p>
<p>
On the question to agree to the said resolution,
</p>
<list type="simple">
<item><p>It was determined in the affirmative,
</p></item>
<item><p>Yeas
<hsep>35
</p></item>
<item><p>Says
<hsep>6
</p></item>
</list>
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<p>
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
</p>
<p>
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Me., Morrill of Vt., Morton, Nye, Patterson of N. H., Pomeroy, Ramsey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Wade, Willey, Williams, Wilson.
</p>
<p>
Those who voted in the negative are,
</p>
<p>
Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Patterson of Tenn.
</p>
<p>
So it was
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That having considered the evidence and reasons given by the President, in his report of the 12th December, 1867, for the suspension from the office of Secretary of War of Edwin M. Stanton, the Senate do not concur in such suspension.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Howard,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the Secretary forthwith communicate an official and authenticated copy of the resolution of the Senate nonconcurring in the suspension of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, this day adopted, to the President of the United States, to the said Edwin M. Stanton; and, also, to General U. S. Grant, Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Morton,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the injunction of secrecy as relates to the said resolution, this day adopted, be removed.
</p>
</div>
<div id="s186801160">
<head>
THURSDAY, 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
January
</hi>
 16, 1868.
</head><xref doc="s186801160">Link to Annals.</xref>
<p>
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Moore, his secretary:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Samuel S. Cox, of New York, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Austria, to fill a vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate R. H. O&apos;Ferrall to be deputy postmaster at Chico, in the county of Butte and State of California, in place of T. J. Bidwell, deceased. The name of R. H. P. Ferrall was sent in for the above office under date of December 17th, 1867, by mistake.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 14, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate James M. Nibling to be deputy postmaster at Finley, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, to fill vacancy.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 14, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Fanny Vandegrift to be deputy postmaster at University of Virginia,, in the county of Albemarle and State of Virginia, in place of David Vandegrift, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Jan&apos;y
</hi>
 14, 1868.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Felix G. Clarke, of Iowa, to be register of the land office at Des Moines, Iowa, vice Thomas Seeley, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 14, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Thomas B. Asten to be assessor of internal revenue for the 8th district of New York, in place of Anthony J. Bleecker, to be removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Butler H. Bixby to be collector of internal revenue for the 8th district of New York, in place of Thomas E. Smith, to be removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Reuben S. Torrey to be collector of internal revenue for the 2d district of New York, in place of A. M. Wood, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William F. Kilgore to be a third lieutenant in the revenue-cutter service of the United States, vice George Gerrard, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
Jan&apos;y
</hi>
, 14, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Killian V. Whaley to be collector of customs for the district of Brazos de Santiago, in the State of Texas, in place of Richard L. Robertson, deceased.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 11
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Bion Bradbury to be collector of customs for the district of Portland and Falmouth, in the State of Maine, in place of Israel Washburn, jr., whose commission expires on the 19th instant.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 11, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate John D. Hopkins to be collector of customs for the district of Frenchman&apos;s Bay, in the State of Maine, in place of William B. Peters, to be removed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officer named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 11
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 11
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be lieutenant colonel by brevet.
</head><item><p>Major George W. Wallace, of the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the organization of the Volunteer armies of the United States, to date from May 25, 1864.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be colonel by brevet.
</head><item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Wallace, major of the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item></list></item>
<item><list type="simple"><head>To be brigadier-general by brevet.
</head><item><p>Brevet Colonel George W. Wallace, major of the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item></list></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officer named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 10, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States.
</p>
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be major-general by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Brigadier-General James H. Carleton, lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, together with the accompanying papers, giving the evidence and reasons for the suspension from office, on the 30th ultimo, of Charles H. Hopkins, assessor of internal revenue for the first district of Georgia. Lloyd D. Waddell has been designated to perform temporarily the duties of the office.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
In compliance with the request of the Senate of the 11th instant, I return herewith their resolution of the 9th January, 1868, rejecting the nomination of Lemuel D. Evans to be collector of internal revenue for the fourth district of Texas.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington, D. C
</hi>
., 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 13, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I withdraw the name of Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Wallace, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, nominated on the 3d ultimo for appointment as colonel and brigadier-general by brevet.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 11, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 11
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to request the withdrawal of the name of Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Wallace, of the Twelfth Regiment United States infantry, nominated on the 3d ultimo for appointment as colonel and brigadier-general by brevet.
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, the following treaties, concluded at &ldquo;Medicine Lodge Creek,&rdquo; Kansas, between the Indian tribes therein named and the United States, by their commissioners appointed by the act of Congress, approved July 20th, 1867, entitled &ldquo;An act to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes,&rdquo; viz:
<list type="simple">
<item><p>A treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche tribes, concluded October 21st, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>A treaty with the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes, concluded October 28th, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>A treaty with the Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes, dated October 28th, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
A letter of this date from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting said treaties is herewith inclosed.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington City
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 14, 1868.
</p>
<p>
The Messages were read.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Samuel S. Cox be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
</p>
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<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of R. H. O&apos;Ferrall, James M. Uibling, and Fanny Vandegrift be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Felix G. Clarke be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Thomas B. Asten, Butler H. Bixby, and Reuben S. Torrey be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of Wm. S. Kilgore, Killian V. Whaley, Bion Bradbury, and John D. Hopkins be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nominations of George W. Wallace and James H. Carleton be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the message of the President, together with the accompanying papers, relative to the suspension of Charles H. Hopkins, assessor of internal revenue for the first district of Georgia, be referred to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
The treaty with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas, the 28th October, 1867, was read the first time.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Henderson,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said treaty be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
The treaty of confederation of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes of Indians, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas, the 21 October, 1867, was read the first time.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Henderson,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said treaty be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
The treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche tribes of Indians, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas, the 21 October, 1867, was read the first time.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Henderson,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the said treaty be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Conness, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to Whom was referred, this day, the nomination of R. H. O&apos;Ferrall, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of Thomas J. Kinsella, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Morrill, of Vt., from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of George C. Getchell, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 9th December, the nominations of Abel Mechem and others, reported favorably thereon, excepting on the nomination of Albert J. Garrett, which he did not report.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 9th of December, the nomination of Nathan A. M. Dudley, the 11th December those of Ely S. Parker and others, Thomas McDougall and others, Tenedor Ten Eyck and others, David A. Russell (bvt. colonels), David A. Russell and others (bvt. brig. generals), David A. Russell and others (bvt. major generals), Henry W. Janes and others, S. M. Pollock and others, John R. Bailey and Edward C. Moore, Edward D. Parker and others, Frederick De Peyster
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(bvt. captain), Frederick De Peyster (1st lieutenant by brevet), Frank M. Kelley and others, Daniel M. Page and others, Elbert Hegemen and others, Edward M. Payne and others, Robert M. Thompson and others (brevet colonels), Robert M. Thompson and others (brevet brig. gen.), Jno. P. C. Shanks and others, and the 20th December those of Cha&apos;s Bird and others (bvt. 1st lieuts.), Joseph H. Hayes and others, Charles Bird and others (bvt. majors), Charles Bird and others (bvt. lieut. colonels), John M. Wilson and Samuel B. M. Young, Richard B. Foster and others, William W. Bell and others, Job C. Hedges and others (bvt. colonels), Job C. Hedges (bvt. colonel), and Solomon S. Matthews, Nicholas L. Anderson and others (bvt. brig. gen&apos;ls), and Nicholas L. Anderson (bvt. maj. general), reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred, the 9th December, the message of the President of the United States &ldquo;desiring the consent of the Senate to the correction of certain clerical errors,&rdquo; reported the following resolution:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the correction of certain clerical errors, as desired by the message of the President of the United States dated December 3d, 1867
</p>
<p>
Mr. Cattell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of William M. Post, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 20th December the papers communicated by the President of the United States in his message dated December 19 last, relative to the suspension of John B. Lowry, reported the following resolution, which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the suspension from office of John B. Lowry, late deputy postmaster at Danville, in the State of Virginia.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of John M. Reynolds, reported adversely thereon.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of B. F. Chandler, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Buckalew,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the rule of the Senate be suspended so far as to permit that the nominations acted on this day be forthwith laid before the President of the United States.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Pomeroy, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the nomination of Edward B. McPherson, reported favorably thereon.
</p>
<p>
Whereupon
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Howard submitted the following order for consideration:
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the Secretary of the Senate furnish to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior,
</p>
<p>
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the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General a duly authenticated copy of the resolution of the Senate of 13th January, instant, relating to the suspension from the office of Secretary of War of Edwin M. Stanton.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of James M. Costello, Edmund S. Davis, James. Lynch, Henry Biehn, John B. Jones, and Egbert H. Grandin; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Samuel P. Daniels; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate do not advise and consent to his appointment.
</p>
<p>
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Morrill, of Maine, the 11th instant, that the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Lemuel D. Evans be reconsidered; and the question being taken,
</p>
<p>
It was determined in the affirmative.
</p>
<p>
The question recurring, Will the Senate advise and consent to the said appointment?
</p>
<p>
On motion by Mr. Morrill, of Maine,
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Ordered
</hi>
, That the nomination of Lemuel D. Evans be recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
</p>
<p>
The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of John M. Reynolds, Thomas J. Kinsella, and R. H. O&apos;Farrell; and
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
Resolved
</hi>
, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons.
</p>
<p>
The Senate resumed consideration of the report from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the 13th December last, relative to a proper mode of proceeding in cases of suspension from office under the 2d section of the tenure-of-office act.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Van Winkle proposed to amend the third article of the report by striking out all after the word &ldquo;committee&rdquo; where it first occurs in said article, and inserting in lieu thereof the words: 
<hi rend="italics">
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MONDAY, 
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The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Moore, his Secretary:
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
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I nominate James Rankin to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Saybrook, in the State of Connecticut, in place of William J. Clark, rejected.
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
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I nominate Albert G. Gridley to be general appraiser of merchandise for the South, under the act of March 3d, 1857, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the war.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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 16, 1868.
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I nominate Edwin S. McCook to be collector of internal revenue for the 8th district of Illinois, in place of Dan&apos;l Littler, to be removed.
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
<p>
I nominate Ewing Searight to be assessor of internal revenue 21st district of Pennsylvania, in place of Westley Frost, deceased.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
<p>
I nominate Charles H. Belvin, of North Carolina, to be pension agent at Raleigh, North Carolina, vice Andrew Miller, resigned.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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January
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 20, 1868.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Guy M. Hulett, of Colorado, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Central City, Colorado.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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January
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 20, 1868.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Irving W. Stanton, of Colorado, to be register of the land office at Central City, Colorado.
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, D. C., 
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January
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 20, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Leonard B. Ayer, of California, to be register of the land office at Marysville, California, vice Alexander K. Lowrey, rejected.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
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Washington
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January
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 20, 1868.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Rufus Cheeny to be deputy postmaster at Whitewater, in the county of Walworth and State of Wisconsin, in place of Edmund B. Gray, resigned.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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Jan
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. 14, 1868.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate Alfred Kent to be deputy postmaster at Gonzales, in the county of Gonzales and State of Texas, in place of Edmund Bellinger, who has failed to bond.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
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Washington
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, D. C., 
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January
</hi>
 14, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate William Heffner to be deputy postmaster at Shreveport, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana, in place of C. H. Thompson, resigned.
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
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I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for reinstatement in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
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<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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, 
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War Department
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, 
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Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for appointment in the Army of the United States: the order cashiering him having been revoked:
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<head>
Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.
</head>
<item><p>James F. Ruggles, late first lieutenant in the Fifth Cavalry to be first lieutenant, to date from February 17, 1866.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
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I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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January
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
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,
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Washington, January
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 10
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th
</hi>
 1868.
</p>
<p>
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Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named person for appointment in the Army of the United States, he having passed the examination required by law:
</p>
<p>
James W. Sunderland, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, October 5, 1867, vice Hynes, promoted.
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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January
</hi>
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
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Washington, January
</hi>
 10
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be first lieutenants by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John B. Babcock, of the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of
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</printpgno></pageinfo>Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Benjamin F. Grafton, of the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Atlanta, Ga., to date from May 6, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant William B. Brunton, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 2, 1862, to date from June 18, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Charles W. Keyes, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Fort Butler, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Adalbert Fell, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 7, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant James W. Dixon, of the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Fred W. Smith, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the operations before Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant William W. Deane, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant Benjamin M. Piatt, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from July 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant George W. Kingsbury, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from May 31, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Aaron B. Jerome, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from June 18, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Andrew C. Bayne, of the Forty second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Salem Church, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant John W. Bean, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant George Duff, of the Forty-third Regiment United States infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Second Lieutenant George W. Evans, of the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant David G. Swaim, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Second Lieutenant Allan H. Jackson, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
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<p>
The 
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</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
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</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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<p>
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, 
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</p>
<p>
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War Department
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, 
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Washington, January
</hi>
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be captains by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Andrew Geddes, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from June 12, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant John B. Babcock, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant John E. Bennett, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Henry C. Ward, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Fort Steadman, Va., March 24, 1865, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Benjamin F. Grafton, second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Jonesboro&apos;, to date from May 6, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant William B. Brunton, second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant conduct at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 14, 1864, to date from June 18, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Erskine M. Camp, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., to date from June 10, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles W. Keyes, second lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant James W. Dixon, second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Fred W. Smith, second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the operations before Petersburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant S. L. Woodward, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the raid through Mississippi in 1863, to date from December 11, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant William W. Dean, second lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>First Lieutenant Joseph G. Waters, of the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant conduct at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864, to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Benjamin M. Piatt, second lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from July 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant William A. Kobbe, of the Thirty seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Isaac F. Moffatt, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant William H. Male, of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Joseph C. McBride, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant John M. Norvell, of the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant Nicholas D. Badger, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from May 29, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant George W. Evans, second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Second Lieutenant David G. Swaim, second lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant James T. McGinniss, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Allan H. Jackson, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant William A. Olmstead, of the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., to date from September 15, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>First Lieutenant James D. Vernay, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from July 12, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant.
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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</hi>.
</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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th
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</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be majors by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Captain Lucius H. Warren, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Petersburg, Va., to date from July 31, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Andrew Geddes, first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Spanish Fort, to date from June 12, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Charles J. Von Herman, of the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Port Hudson, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John E. Bennett, first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Dudley Seward, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Monticello, Ky., June 9, 1863, to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Charles G. Cox, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from June 12, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Charles G. Frendenberg, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain S. L. Woodward, first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry during the fight at Egypt Station, Mississippi, December 28, 1864, to date from December 11, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John B. Babcock, second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William B. Beck, first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William A. Kobbe, first lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Blakely, Ala., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Welcome A. Crafts, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Abraham Bassford, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Morganza, La., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Albert Barnitz, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Ashland Station, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Captain Thomas B. Weir, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Corinth, Miss., to date from July 31, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain John M. Norvell, first lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Captain James T. McGinness, first lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Allan H. Jackson, second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain William A. Olmstead, first lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from September 15, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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Secretary of War ad interim
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The 
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President of the United States
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</p>
<p>
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To the Senate of the United States:
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</p>
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I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
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ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
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Washington
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War Department
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,
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Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
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<head>
To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Major Lucius H. Warren, captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Petersburg, Va., to date from July 31, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major May H. Stacey, captain in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and efficient services in the engagements on the Weldon Railroad, Va., the 18th, 19th, and 21st of August, 1864, to date from March 13, 2865.
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<item><p>Brevet Major John E. Bennett, first lieutenant in the Twenty eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Major John R. Lewis, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of White Oak Swamp, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major James Thompson, captain in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from September 19, 1863.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Charles G. Frendenberg, captain in the Forty fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major William B. Beck, first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Major Welcome A. Crafts, captain in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
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<item><p>Brevet Major William A. Olmstead, first lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Hatcher&apos;s Run, Va., to date from September 15, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
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Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
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President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
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Washington
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, 
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January
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be colonels by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Lewis, major of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theophilus P. Rodenbaugh, major of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Todd&apos;s Tavern, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Woodward, of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 2, 1867.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant.
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the officer named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 10
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be brigadier-general by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Brevet Colonel Theophilus F. Rodenbough, major of the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
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To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
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Washington
</hi>
, 
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January
</hi>
 10
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th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
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War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 10
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be first lieutenant by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Charles Mason, late second lieutenant of the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 10
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 10
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be captains by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>John T. Harrison, late assistant surgeon United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from September 29, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Timothy W. Challis, late adjutant of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Harrison, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Benjamin F. Fogg, late lieutenant of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Fisher. N. C., to date from March 13, 1867.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frank Nolen, late first lieutenant of the Second Delaware Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Matthew Hasbrouck, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and fifty-sixth New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet First Lieutenant Charles Mason, second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>D. S. Dean, late lieutenant of the Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Joseph G. Strong, late lieutenant of the Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John S. Veeder, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and fifty-third New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John E. Morton, late first lieutenant of the First Maine Battery, for conspicuous gallantry at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, where mortally wounded, to date from October 19, 1864.
</p></item>
<item><p>John S. Snow, late first lieutenant of the First Maine Battery, for conspicuous gallantry at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frederick Chase, late first lieutenant of the First Rhode Island Artillery (Battery D), for conspicuous gallantry and distinguished services at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Frank W. Loring, late first lieutenant of the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Sabine Cross-Roads, La., April 8th, and Pleasant Hill, La., April 9th, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
</p>
<p>
U. S. GRANT.
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Secretary of War ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
The 
<hi rend="smallcaps">
President of the United States
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="italics">
To the Senate of the United States:
</hi>
</p>
<p>
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War 
<hi rend="italics">
ad interim
</hi>.
</p>
<p>
ANDREW JOHNSON.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Washington
</hi>
, 
<hi rend="italics">
January
</hi>
 10
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
War Department
</hi>
,
<lb>
<hi rend="italics">
Washington, January
</hi>
 10
<hi rend="italics">
th
</hi>
, 1868.
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="smallcaps">
Sir
</hi>
: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:
<list type="simple">
<head>
To be majors by brevet.
</head>
<item><p>Solon A. Carter, late assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Brevet Captain Timothy W. Challis, late adjutant of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Sprague S. Hill, late captain of the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Ira Perry, jr., late captain of the Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, for gallant action in the battle of the Opequan, September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edwin B. Dow, late captain of the Sixth Maine Battery, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Solon W. Stocking, late captain of the First New York Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Rappahannock Station, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
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<item><p>Henry C. Inwood, late captain of the One hundred and sixty-fifth New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Jacob S. Bockee, late captain of the One hundred and fourteenth New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>J. W. Carr, late captain of the Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Edward A. Fiske, late captain of the Thirtieth Massachusetts Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Elijah D. Taft, late captain of the Fifth New York Battery, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, and at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>John A. Lunch, late captain of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Amos G. Goodwin, late captain of the Thirteenth Maine Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
</p></item>
<item><p>Benjamin Nields, late captain of the First Delaware Battery, for conspicuous gallantry at Cane River Crossing, La.,